I saw this on the tractorbynet forum and thought it might be of interest.
====================================
My husband really should not have been operating the chainsaw last Wednesday. He was not feeling well. He jsut finshed a massive, and I mean massive clearing project that he did all by hand with a lopers, a shainsaw and a brush cutter. He had worked really hard on that project for a good 2 weeks. last ednesday he just wasn't feeling well. he laid on the couch all morning and said he felt shaky, weak.
I did some ffice work int he morning and in the afternoon went outside to prune more olive trees. I guess he felt a little better but he still wasn't 100%,he sees me working outside and decides he will cut firewood as it was right next to where I was working. I go down the basement to get something out of the freezer for dinner and he calls me upstairs to take him to the hospital. No way was I going to look at that hand! I quickly called the uphill neighbor Claude (who si missing the first 2 fingers of his left hand do to a chainsaw accident!) he hustels us to the ER which is about 1.5 miles away. That part was nice. At the ER they wrap up his hand and tell him he has to go to the Hand Hospital, so they take him there by ambulance.
Final result a big cut on the top of the first 2 fingers of his left hand. The tendon was cut but not severed, and the bone was not cut. The docs said he was very lucky. However it does hurt like H E Doube Hocky Sticks!
If only he had been wearing gloves he probably would not have had as sever an injury. Plus my neighbor says he saw him cuttig firewood and he was doing it wrong. Since Claude already lsot 2 fingers to a chainsaw I can see how he would notice how others operate a chainsaw. My hubby was holding the lomb in is left hand and cutting with the chainsaw in his right hand. Apparently you should not use your left hand, you should use your foot to clamp down on the item to be cut.
I think he was jsut weak and not feling well and he should not have operated a chainsaw last Wednesday. Then to make matters worse his gout fired up on him and he couldn't walk, even to go to the bathroom. Fortunatley the doctors here make housecalls and the family doc came over yesterday and dianosed his gout and I made yet another trip to the pharmacy. He is having some reliefe with his gout today.
Bottom line, don't operate a chainsaw if you are feeling, weak, and light headed!!!!!!!!!!!!
docs say it will be 2 months at least to heal that left hand.
------------------------------------
Must have been using a top handle saw.
Harry K
====================================
My husband really should not have been operating the chainsaw last Wednesday. He was not feeling well. He jsut finshed a massive, and I mean massive clearing project that he did all by hand with a lopers, a shainsaw and a brush cutter. He had worked really hard on that project for a good 2 weeks. last ednesday he just wasn't feeling well. he laid on the couch all morning and said he felt shaky, weak.
I did some ffice work int he morning and in the afternoon went outside to prune more olive trees. I guess he felt a little better but he still wasn't 100%,he sees me working outside and decides he will cut firewood as it was right next to where I was working. I go down the basement to get something out of the freezer for dinner and he calls me upstairs to take him to the hospital. No way was I going to look at that hand! I quickly called the uphill neighbor Claude (who si missing the first 2 fingers of his left hand do to a chainsaw accident!) he hustels us to the ER which is about 1.5 miles away. That part was nice. At the ER they wrap up his hand and tell him he has to go to the Hand Hospital, so they take him there by ambulance.
Final result a big cut on the top of the first 2 fingers of his left hand. The tendon was cut but not severed, and the bone was not cut. The docs said he was very lucky. However it does hurt like H E Doube Hocky Sticks!
If only he had been wearing gloves he probably would not have had as sever an injury. Plus my neighbor says he saw him cuttig firewood and he was doing it wrong. Since Claude already lsot 2 fingers to a chainsaw I can see how he would notice how others operate a chainsaw. My hubby was holding the lomb in is left hand and cutting with the chainsaw in his right hand. Apparently you should not use your left hand, you should use your foot to clamp down on the item to be cut.
I think he was jsut weak and not feling well and he should not have operated a chainsaw last Wednesday. Then to make matters worse his gout fired up on him and he couldn't walk, even to go to the bathroom. Fortunatley the doctors here make housecalls and the family doc came over yesterday and dianosed his gout and I made yet another trip to the pharmacy. He is having some reliefe with his gout today.
Bottom line, don't operate a chainsaw if you are feeling, weak, and light headed!!!!!!!!!!!!
docs say it will be 2 months at least to heal that left hand.
------------------------------------
Must have been using a top handle saw.
Harry K
