Stupid Mistakes

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While we ae on chain saw stories a cousin worked for an out fit that trimmed trees on the big power company right of ways. One of his coworkers was a young guy who really wanted to be a climber. The guy who climbs up the tree with a chain saw then cuts the tree off in sections on the way down. He bugged the foreman for months to let him do the job and kept practicing on the lower sections of trees until they finally let him have a chance. He got all rigged up and climbed his first tree and tied off. He then started the chain saw and proceeded to cut the top off the tree. One problem, I'm sure you can see whats coming. He started cutting below his tie off point. the guys on the ground frantically yelled and waved their arms truing to get his attention to no avail. Lucky for him the saws they use have a chain brake that stops the chain when you let go of the trigger, cause when the top of the tree came off it snatched him saw and all down towards the ground. he broke a few branches on the way down just like in the cartoons but still landed pretty hard. When he woke up in the hospital he was all worried that he would get fired for screwing up. The company did not fire him. Instead they gave him a title of safety manager and had him drive around to all the job sights filling the first aid kits and replaceing worn gear. I don't know if they felt sorry for him or just wante dto keep him around as a reminder.
 
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After reading all this I will never be able to go to sleep!
Table saw , ripping a 2X4 in half at the time my shop was in a bank barn. Half the 2X4 came back (I WAS STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE)thing hit the wall and shattered into toothpicks with a spear shaped piece stuck in the wall. Turned the saw off, unplugged it, turned the lights in the shop off and watched TV for the rest of the day. The next day a neighbor was triming out a room in his house. In a hurry to get done, as he was leaving on business to Japan the next day. Well he cut off his hand at the palm on the chop saw. Wrapped his hand in a towel and his wife drove him to the Hospetal. Volunteer EMT crew came to his house put the hand on ice and state police took it to Union Momorial Hospital Hand clinic in Baltimore. They sewed it back on and he now has full use. Ever since then I watch my hands when I am cutting anything with anything when I get close. You can always buy another peice a wood. but
 
Originally posted by ozmandus

Michael,
Your story is exactly why I keep my eyes on the saw blade at all times... I am scared to death of my table saw and my chop saw... and I figure that fear will keep me safe.
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Chuck, I'm with you! I am scared to death of my table saw and flinch every time I cut it on!
 
Reading these horrible stories makes me think about the guys who did something stupid but didn't survive to make a post.

Unfortunately, I have my fair share to tell. The most sickening? Stopping a rotary lawn mower with my foot. I was in college at the time and home for the summer. We lived out in the country and nobody else was home. I tried driving myself to the hospital and managed to get a few miles until I saw a neighbor out in his field. The ER saved my foot but I ended up with about 130 stitches and staples.
 
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