treecutterjr
ArboristSite Operative
So splitting firewood Saturday and had a new guy working with me but basically I have an iron & oak splitter, similar to a tw 5 or 6.I'm running the control and he's loading the log lift on y the other side. It doesn't have the table so as a split comes off we either let it fall or grab it and throw in the truck.
So I'm splitting Elm. It's stringy. Split a piece. It hung on by a few strings. Ram comes back. I'm going to re split the piece to break the few stands.
Gets fuzzy here.
I guess as I hit the ram to start the split, I was guiding the piece of wood? Well just as it get s to the ax head, the Guy on the other side of the machine where the log lift is? He yanks the piece to try and break the strand! It does not break and just pulls the whole piece ALONG WITH MY HAND right into the wedge and BAM!! WE'VE GOT A BLEEDER!!
I'm still not sure if i was holdingthe piece of wood to close to the top or on the side and he just yanked so hard that my hand just wentinto the wedge?
I THOUGHT it cut my finger off at first but lucky me, I guess. Just a boo boo. It could have been much more serious I guess. This is just one of those "... it can always happen..." type of things. When you least expect it, doing some of the most routine things, it can still happen!
So stay alert out there! Everything is dangerous in this line of work not just running a saw or chipping brush, even splitting wood can be a life changer!
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So I'm splitting Elm. It's stringy. Split a piece. It hung on by a few strings. Ram comes back. I'm going to re split the piece to break the few stands.
Gets fuzzy here.
I guess as I hit the ram to start the split, I was guiding the piece of wood? Well just as it get s to the ax head, the Guy on the other side of the machine where the log lift is? He yanks the piece to try and break the strand! It does not break and just pulls the whole piece ALONG WITH MY HAND right into the wedge and BAM!! WE'VE GOT A BLEEDER!!
I'm still not sure if i was holdingthe piece of wood to close to the top or on the side and he just yanked so hard that my hand just wentinto the wedge?
I THOUGHT it cut my finger off at first but lucky me, I guess. Just a boo boo. It could have been much more serious I guess. This is just one of those "... it can always happen..." type of things. When you least expect it, doing some of the most routine things, it can still happen!
So stay alert out there! Everything is dangerous in this line of work not just running a saw or chipping brush, even splitting wood can be a life changer!
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