Crikey!
I'd not liked to have been the wearer of that helmet. Thank goodness the guy is alright.
With ground work there's a lot of carryon about helmets. The argument for it as strong as against it. I just wear it coz my muffs are attached to it, sort of conditions you I suppose.
Chaps, well, after wearing them consistently for a year now (pants actually) I wouldn't be without them, sort of get used to them and feel naked without them. I also have "nicks" where you got cut, the old spinning chain brake not on kisses ya chaps.
Dont sweat it though, I know you're not, we understand and it doesn't take much to get a nick or trip or kickback etc.
The worry is when guys who have little regard for PPE get away with another day, then another day and so on whilst the whole time for every day they get away with it ..... it brings them closer to the day they get caught without it.
With your friend, the helmet, the widow maker. You'll often hear stories of people who say "oh, he wasn't looking up and checking" .... imagine if he happened to look up a split second before it struck? He'd be minus a face due to zero protection on that one.
There's an excellent video on this site, thanks to DBS, it's long but well worth a watch. It's about real world logger, their hazards and their day ... they dont wear eye protection for a valid reason.
Here's that thread and post, check it out if you have the time.
http://www.treeworld.info/f9/risk-ta...html#post11367