 Re: One Handed Chainsawing
Pushing tops off, left arm above the cutting right would have to claim the most one handed accidents I guess.
The distance between the chain and your arm isn't much, then the gravity factor etc.
I know plenty of people who have got the left arm cut.
Sort of glad to hear you got away with a warning and nothing too serious but still bad. The cut a chainsaw makes is ugly, not like a knife but a wide cut and it tears ....
... hope for a speedy recovery.
I know many people do it, left arm up the piece, right cutting and even go right through with a screaming chain and dump off the back pushing with the left hand whilst the right is swinging in an arc away to the right. I had one guy used to do it with larger saws too and many times derail the chain. Now a days I like to do the cut, put the saw down, then push the cut section off.
Really be careful on that routine, think it through. |