Tree trimmer hospitalized with chain saw in neck

Houston Chronicle/AP ^ | 4-1-14

[kingattax]

PITTSBURGH (AP)

[driftdiver]

Heck of a lodge pin.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Looks like the chain broke and snatched him.

[Farmer Dean]

A chainsaw is most dangerous tool available to the public.Will maim or kill in a split second.

[cripplecreek]

Chain saws are dangerous.

I’m amazed Uncle Nanny allows us to use them.

[cripplecreek]

A couple years ago we had a case where a guy chased a couple of cops around his yard with a chain saw.

[bigheadfred]

The people who make the stupid rules don’t understands what a chainsaw is.

[Cruz_West_Paul2016]

will chainsaws be next on the ban/require new license list?

[cripplecreek]

My chainsaw injuries have always been when I was sharpening them in the woods.

[Farmer Dean]

Feet don’t fail me now.Somebody attacks with a chainsaw,run.If you can’t run,learn to fly-but get the blazes out of there.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I'm on blood thinners and have been warned about using chainsaws. Bought a new one yesterday.

[The Cajun]

My chainsaw injuries have always been when I was sharpening them in the woods.

Learned way back when, wear leather gloves when sharpening, even with a chain bar jig.

Saves on band aides :)

[Figment]

Keeping a chainsaw in place, in your neck, all the way to the hospital can’t be easy to do

[bigheadfred]

That isn’t an injury. That is a flesh wound.

[cripplecreek]

My neighbor is a bit of an inventor and made a spring loaded sheathe that covers the bar on his kind of like the guard on a skill saw.

[bigbob]

I really am surprsed they don’t come with a required guard with a log-shaped gap in it ;-)

[Billthedrill]

Oh, I see what the problem is! Pop a link, replace it, stretch it back onto the bar and we'll be through this guy's neck in nothing flat.

You're welcome.

[kinsman redeemer]

[Zathras]

Did this back in early 80’s to pay bills.
Still scares me. Too many close calls.

[Farmer Dean]

Yikes!