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Originally Posted by JohN Dee  That you were holding the saw the other way around... Right hand on the top, left on the rear - While bucking, that is a very dangerous - bad stance. If that saw kicksback (major) it's gunna fly back and hit you in the neck/trap/shoulder and REALLY hurt you. The way we minimize that potential impact is by always holding the top with our left and rear with our right while always looking at the left hand side of the bar (never the right!) - that way if it kicks back in theory it is going to fly up and past your body, at the most it will hit your shoulder minimizing any fatal injuries... |
A correctly functioning chain brake should engage though.
But .....
Man killed by chainsaw 'lived life to the fullest' - Evening Sun Quote:
Thirty-year-old Benji J. Masenheimer died Thursday at his family's Pigeon Hills farm after a chainsaw he was using to cut wood kicked back and struck him in the chest....
.... "The ambulance guys said there wasn't anything anybody could have done," Jim Masenheimer said
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