how many times have you been hurt?

[rdooms]

been hurt once in the tree

Been on the job 2 months was 70 ft up a poplar taking out the top and when the top went i let off the trigger and put my l arm with the saw around the tree then when the tree swung back to the r i put the r hand arond the tree also hitting the top edge of the chain and giving myself a good thumb cut and a nice gash across the back of my hand . Only 10 stitches total . Rookie mistake You live and learn , Hopefully. Ive learned from that one. been using chain saws since i was 12 (now 34 ) Never been cut before . Time to get back to the tree Rdooms

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

So that's what a chainbreak is for!

Or was this chut gouging yourself on the stopped chain?

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Re: been hurt once in the tree

Originally posted by rdooms
Only 10 stitches total . Rookie mistake You live and learn , Hopefully. Ive learned from that one.

And the lesson was...? Maybe to cut off the chainsaw, get it out of the way, and finish with a handsaw?

 

[rdooms]

hurt once in the tree

yep chainbreaks work better then my hands and finishing with my hand saw is good to. believe me i heard them both and that sure seems to be the better way to go. rdooms

 

[murphy4trees]

Not sure I have the correct picture of exactly what happenned. Were you standing in spikes and double tied in? Were you using a saw lanyard? Sounds like you were using your hands to stabalize yourself as the spar shook.... That is customarily done by pushing yourself away from the spar with both hands in front of your chest... pushing your body back away from the tree and against your lanyard.
Finish cut... engage chainbrake... shut saw off... drop saw into lanyard... brace yourself against tree... Always think this procedure through in your head before you do it... That's not the kind of thing to make up as you go.
And using a plunge cut with a back release can make things extra safe by reducing the possibility of barberchairs and allowing climber to finish cut with handsaw... its best to become good at plunging with a back release on the ground before taking it aloft....
You've only given a rough sketch of what happenned... there are probably other factors which put you in a bad position... maybe you could have set the pull line higher, or cut a betteer notch, or been tied in to an adjascent tree etc... Usually it takes a couple of mistakes made together to cause an accident...

 

[sawfan]

hopefully never

It's difficult to judge people because we aren't them and don't factor-in whatever it is that makes people do what people do, but cocaine and tree work don't mix - if that's his problem.

Personally I dont think cocaine and anything mix!

Now as to my own accidents, none yet thank god! I may only cut fire wood but I do it at least once a week(my sauna eats wood) Luckily I learned from my dad.
Before I was even born a chainsaw kicked back on him while he was logging. Instead of him letting it hit his face he batted it away with the back of his left hand. 60 some stiches. Less than a week later he married my mom. All of his wedding pictures he had to hide his left arm, and to this day his left hand still shows the scar around 10 inches long running from his Knuckles up his arm. Ever since i picked up a chainsaw(his 045 Stihl around 16 y.o.) before I even start it up I think of his wedding pictures and the pain he went through. So I guess I woud have to thank my old man for never being injured in the woods. Thanks Dad!

P.S. I still have the old saw that cut him. yep the old 045 stihl I keep that saw around as a reminder!

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Re: hopefully never

Originally posted by sawfan
Personally I dont think cocaine and anything mix!

Now wait a minute, that's not true......











Dummy Dust & Death is a mix.....

 

[Ax-man]

Injuries

I responded to the poll. I only put down the times I needed to go to the hospital for stiches that was on job related injuries.

The poll doesn't have enough space for mishaps from hand saws, filing chain saws, burns from welding, cut fingers and hands and knuckle injuries sustained from equipment maintence.

If got a couple good injuries from chain saws that I 've been meaning to put up in the appropriate forum, just no time for typing , in the hopes that some one won't repeat my mistake.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Re: Injuries

Originally posted by Ax-man

The poll doesn't have enough space for mishaps from hand saws, filing chain saws, burns from welding, cut fingers and hands and knuckle injuries sustained from equipment maintence.

If you ain't beelin, you ain't workin?