Photo of Chainsaw Injury

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While estimators need to put more time on the job to account for safety practices, i.e., setting up traffic barriers, removal of obstacles or hazards, climbers need to work safely to establish the correct amount of time required on a job. A chicken or egg situation. We track time on job to provide feedback for the estimator to adjust their quotes. By incorporating the safe work-practices the time required for it is taken into account by the estimator in future pricing. If I'm challenged on the time it took, I can give a justified rundown of why there may be a discrepancy between the estimate and actual time. It doesn't take long for the two to become aligned.
 
One handed chainsaw use is like speeding in a way - you shouldn't do it but may find yourself a bit over the speed limit anyway - intentionally or by accident. In the past 10 years or so I have kept one-handed chainsaw use to a bare minimum - I would be a hypocrite to say I've never done it. But nowadays when I'm tempted to do it I stop and think a moment about why I'm tempted. It's usually because I'm being rushed or I'm tired. Both scenarios should be avoided.

When I'm tempted to make that cut and I'm not tired or hurried it's usually because I'm lazy. I can almost always find a better position and use two hands with that top-handled saw. And if I can't maybe I shouldn't make that cut or I should try my handsaw instead.

When I started using a top-handled chainsaw no one even let me know it was unsafe to one-hand the thing. After a few close calls I figured it out. After a few seminars I learned the physics and design of the saw. I don't think it's designed for one hand use.

Whatever your opinion is on the issue be as safe as you can!

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mk
 
Mangoes good on you for your cander!
Not sure where I fit in on this, lots of info to say that this operation is bad but nothing in my opinion to make me say to myself "You know Rev you are wrong"
I have used it and will continue in certain situations that I feel are justified
We need to keep talking about this so nobody blow this thread up by being a dumb [bad word] by shooting from the hip on this topic
Does any one have a pic of the original pic as I cant see what they are talking about?
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I didn't save it but if I remember right it was a widely separated, circumferential cut just above the elbow through most or all of the soft tissue. Not pretty.

Looked more like something that would happen around a harvester or something but could have been a really serious chainsaw accident. My guess is there was prolonged contact with a full throttle chain.

Like Grover said, it illustrates the danger of chainsaws but its unlikely that it was caused by by one handing a climbing saw.

I think this is an issue requiring judgment and moderation. One handed cutting is, at times, a necessary risk but hopefully, good arborists will avoid ANY UNNECESSARY risk.
 
Since my original post I have found that in most cases, showing treeworkers pics of chainsaw injuries has no effect.

Unless someone has experienced a chainsaw injury up close in real life, they cant really appreciate the devastating effect of the chain ripping through skin, flesh and bone.

Even people who have been shocked by chainsaw injury pics and vowed to change their ways have gone back to their old ways of needless one handing a MS200T, left handed holding of a rear handled saw, two hands on a rear handled saw when crosscutting, one handing a rear handled saw in the trees, and in general - using the MS200T too close to their stomach, face or at neck/head height.

Working with a chainsaw seems to reduce the mind's natural risk accessing capablities. Must be all the noise?
 
Having been hospitalized for a week, 5 mths in recovery, 4 additional operations and ongoing pain all due to a workplace accident that was really due to a shortcut on safety measures. I really don't need a picture to convince me to use proper safe techniques.

The guy that owns the chainsaw shop we do business with has only 3 fingers on his left hand. Everytime I see that, I get a shiver down my spine.

Why take the risk when it only takes a couple of seconds to get into a position that will allow proper use.
 
Ah, a slogan from a nurses' association in Canada comes to mind, "Engage brain before operating mouth"....
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the pic is no longer viewable. it sounds gross, i want to see it!
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It was horrible masterarbor....all severed flesh sinews and raw bone cinged with the exhaust gases like a poorly cooked joint of beef at your neighbours barbecue that you didn't really want to attend because you were worried about his ability to cook meat properly for human consumption, but you went anyway out of neighbourly politeness.

It really was revolting in the extreme, I reckon the guy had to get the whole side of his body amputated just to improve his appearance, god help him whoever he was. As for the original pic, I believe you have to pay a small fee to the company at www.worldortho.com

Try loggin in with them, they have over 3000 disgusting medical pics of tropical diseases and hellish wounds that only total weirdos or bored people would want to look at.
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Why is that the option?

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MB's foot was crushed TH. Probably a semi-sarcastic statement of irony. If I were to attempt a description ........


back to point.
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Yes, but did that have anything to do with his use of the saw?

At the risk of repeating myself, the choice of two evils is no choice. Take the third option of doing things with safety as the first priority.

Has your foot become a weather beacon yet MB?
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