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Quintrex · 6th September 2007, 06:31 PM

1. cutter was blocking small trunk with Echo top handle saw (years ago), block would not quite snap off so he fed saw back into cut, saw kicked out and ran up the inside of his forearm, 56 stitches from memory, from wrist to inside of elbow, quite severe.
2. different guy some years later pruning cypress, holding limb when bar flicked off another small branch. 4 stitches to top of fore arm. Not to bad, but they're never good!
3. yet another operator, pretty gung ho young guy at the time, holding branch with left hand above saw, branch let go earlier than anticipated and inide of forearm badly cut, 30 or 40 stitches yet again!
These incidents occurred over approximately 20 years, but all could have been avoided.

6th September 2007, 06:31 PM	#133 (permalink)
Quintrex Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 560	Re: One Handed Chainsawing 1. cutter was blocking small trunk with Echo top handle saw (years ago), block would not quite snap off so he fed saw back into cut, saw kicked out and ran up the inside of his forearm, 56 stitches from memory, from wrist to inside of elbow, quite severe. 2. different guy some years later pruning cypress, holding limb when bar flicked off another small branch. 4 stitches to top of fore arm. Not to bad, but they're never good! 3. yet another operator, pretty gung ho young guy at the time, holding branch with left hand above saw, branch let go earlier than anticipated and inide of forearm badly cut, 30 or 40 stitches yet again! These incidents occurred over approximately 20 years, but all could have been avoided.