Silly me

Hi everyone well as you have all been out enjoying the sun today I had a fight with a chainsaw and lost so I spent the rest of the day up a+e being sewn up. It was my own fault being a tree surgeon I should of known better and put my chainsaw trousers on but I thought it's only stump t trim off at the ground I was not counting on finding half a house brick in the middle off it

 

Ooouch Andy,
how bad is it? Will you be off work - how long?
Jenny

 

Hi Andy hope all is OK!

 

Oh ouch, like Jenny I hope it isn't tooo severe and we are talking single and no double figures re stitches.Felling trees is no doubt a dangerous job when unexpected objects are found lurking. Take care.

 

Thanks for your all comments I have 5 stitches across my knee i did manage to reach the bone and I'm off work for two weeks but I will make sure every time I pick those saws up in the future I will have to right protection on aswell

 

Ouch! Hope the recovery goes well Andy.
I occasionally use a chainsaw at work and I can sympathise. It's so tempting when you've only got a little 'quickie' job, to skip all the putting on all the protective gear.
Thanks for the reminder. I'll think of you next time I get the beast out.

 

I'm just glad it was a smallish saw and not one off my big ones things could of bean a lot different if it was

 

Holy mackerel. Could have been much worse.

I'll remember your tale next time I use the chainsaw. I'm not a tree surgeon and not qualified to use one, and to be honest a bit reckless with it in that I don't wear protective gear (except steel toe capped shoes or boots, a rule I imposed after I nearly chopped my toes off once).

 

Arrggghh,

Hope it heals well, you poor thing

 

Ouchie!!

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Andy, but don't *rush* it; give yourself the proper healing time before you rush back to work.

 

Ooooo nasty, I hope it heals well Andy.

Oh and do you think you could put your avatar up the right way please.

 

Oh, Sheal, you are sooo 'demanding'
The poor guy has just chain-sawed his knee, despite his experience/expertise ... up-righting pictures may take a little longer/more practice! Although, dare I say it, less 'painful'?

 

Perhaps he was in a tree when he took the pic for his avatar, and it was because he was distracted trying to use his camera while up a tree that he fell, swung upside and chainsawed his knee, so in fact the pic is actually the right way up given the context in which it was taken?