"Steel toecaps yes from now on , I was only wearing normal work boots saw made shit of it in a micro second … lucky my reflexes were sharp ! yikes "
close one I know … at least i have the timber cut now for the winter lol , all I have to do is split it now … and I’ll be watching that bloody axe haha
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"Experience is a great teacher"
I don’t use my saw much… normally once a year around the is time I get some log lengths in the yard and cut them into rings for splitting for winter , and I had just sharpened my chain
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By *panishRebelMan
over a year ago
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"Bloody damn lucky to still have my big toe after a chainsaw slip today , I only ended up with a scratch thank fu*k , lesson learned "
I have a scar after a slip I. The garden while cutting lock with a Stanley knife. People look and think Iust have issues..
Still twas close. Very deep.
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"Bloody damn lucky to still have my big toe after a chainsaw slip today , I only ended up with a scratch thank fu*k , lesson learned
I have a scar after a slip I. The garden while cutting lock with a Stanley knife. People look and think Iust have issues..
Still twas close. Very deep.
Learn to be slow methodical and think ahead with tools. "
another thing I hate , Stanley knives !! |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
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Chainsaw is one of the most dangerous tools.
Worked with a group of lumberjacks once, the amount of safety gear they put on was unreal, yet and still though they all had their close experiences and scars...
So when amateurs get their chainsaws out, I'm getting half dizzy just thinking of it, normally no safety gear involved, far less experienced etc.
Most common and most dangerous is a chainsaw kickback, so let your toe slip be a warning.
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By *ingpot!Man
over a year ago
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"Bloody damn lucky to still have my big toe after a chainsaw slip today , I only ended up with a scratch thank fu*k , lesson learned "
Oh lordy OP! Damn lucky and thank you for the PSA - have a fair bit of felled trees to cut up and I (stupidly) thought of going out in trainers  |
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"Glad you're OK op.
New steel toe caps worth every penny. all good !! Just goes to show how accidents can happen so easy new boots next week lol thankfully not a new foot !! "
Thankfully indeed
 appreciate the reminder not to be slack about safety |
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Always abit freaked out around a chainsaw, for some reason. Never used 1,have heard of stories like yours OP in the past alright.  
As a young teenager, I was cutting up timber with a bushman saw. It hopped out & cut me on the side of the finger, of my right hand. That beginning part of the figure after the knuckle. It was about an inch or so long, it seemed to have gone into the bone, with the skin just hanging there, away from the bone. Funny thing was it wasn't sore, far from it really, even doe I freaked out, after it happened. Only have a scare to remind me about it now alright. 
Cut the side of my figure on the left hand with a Stanley knife, now that was sore. It was the top of the figure at an angle near the side of the nail. It happened at work. Had to keep the figure straight up in the air, to keep the pain at bay. I stayed off work for at least a week if two cause of it. Despite what the boss though of it, at the time.
Always better safe, than sorry around different tools & machines. Despite how often we use them.
Look after yourself OP. I'm sure you'll be pampered now over the weekend. |
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By *shornMan
over a year ago
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Not been rude or smart or looking to stir the pot but the fact you didn’t even have steel toes on let alone any other safety gear shows that you probably shouldn’t be anywhere next to near a chainsaw, got get some professional tutoring before you end up half the person you are, or worse ! |
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Knew a tree surgeon in London years ago now but he was up high trimming down large branches in a harness. Saw kicked and hit him in the forehead and continued to run down his face nose to chin, it cut him open like a surgeon would. Not good!
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"Not been rude or smart or looking to stir the pot but the fact you didn’t even have steel toes on let alone any other safety gear shows that you probably shouldn’t be anywhere next to near a chainsaw, got get some professional tutoring before you end up half the person you are, or worse ! "
thanks for the input there …… no matter the training accidents can still happen
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"Bloody damn lucky to still have my big toe after a chainsaw slip today , I only ended up with a scratch thank fu*k , lesson learned I hope you got the tlc you deserved afterwards  "
nah . No need it was just a nick/scratch !! |
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"Bloody damn lucky to still have my big toe after a chainsaw slip today , I only ended up with a scratch thank fu*k , lesson learned "
Get yourself a saw horse and clamp the saw in place ..very safe as someone who uses a chainsaw for a living |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Chainsaw is one of the most dangerous tools.
Worked with a group of lumberjacks once, the amount of safety gear they put on was unreal, yet and still though they all had their close experiences and scars...
So when amateurs get their chainsaws out, I'm getting half dizzy just thinking of it, normally no safety gear involved, far less experienced etc.
Most common and most dangerous is a chainsaw kickback, so let your toe slip be a warning.
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I work with guys who have scars in their heads from kickback ..he refuses to wear a helmet |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good friend of mine has a hole in his skull from a snapped chainsaw blade whipping back.
You can push your finger right into his head still."
There are so many injuries with chainsaws it's unbelievable, the danger is any muppet can buy a chainsaw and using 1 with no training PPE or experience is suicide |
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"Good friend of mine has a hole in his skull from a snapped chainsaw blade whipping back.
You can push your finger right into his head still.
There are so many injuries with chainsaws it's unbelievable, the danger is any muppet can buy a chainsaw and using 1 with no training PPE or experience is suicide "
Even then complacency well get the seasoned. My mate is a wood carver |
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