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Burnie

11-07-2006 03:17:11




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Just got off the phone with my Dad. Seems he was cutting some masionite at home with a circlular saw. Took his left hand off the saw to steady the masionite, the saw kicked back and got him good. The result? A lot of pain, a lot of claret and surgery for two cut tendons. He's going to be OK but no lawn bowls until Christmas. Mum wants to know if anyboby wants to buy a cheap saw.




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Dan in Ore

11-09-2006 05:54:18




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to Burnie, 11-07-2006 03:17:11  
Was cutting Juniper one time with a chain saw for firewood. Log was about eye level sitting on the limbs. I was cutting limbs off the bottom of the log to get it on the ground so I could buck it. Next thing I knew, the saw was into my left index finger. A trip to the hospital and 53 stitches later (try to figure out how they got that many into the back of the finger) I was on the mend. I went back two days later to see what had happened (I am very careful around equipment like that). The limb I was cutting was twisted like a spring and when it came loose the spring action came around and hit the body of the saw and threw it out of my hand. Still don't know how I could have avoided that one, but was a good lesson on how quickly things can happen.

Dan

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Mike in Ohio

11-08-2006 19:16:29




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to Burnie, 11-07-2006 03:17:11  
This is only amusing because it turned out ok in the end. My father in law is a carpenter, many years ago he cut the end off of his left index finger.2 or 3 years ago he cut the end off of his left middle finger,he made one of his employees ride with him to the hospital.NOT drive him to the hospital!! ride with him in case he passed out from loss of blood. When he got to the hospital they said it was too mangled they could't sew it back on. He explained that with the index finger gone too he couldn't hold a nail properly would they please try, they did and it works pretty good. We now tease his son that he is not a real carpenter yet because he still has all his fingers. Good Luck to your dad. Mike

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James in North Carolina

11-07-2006 19:46:57




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to Burnie, 11-07-2006 03:17:11  
I wondered that too Easy1. Did the guy have his face next to the punch?

When I worked at a lumber yard, a supervisor was let go after the third accident in 12 months during his shifts.



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glennster

11-07-2006 06:50:27




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to Burnie, 11-07-2006 03:17:11  
i did that with a dewalt cordless circular saw 2 yrs ago putting windows in. cutting the window opening from the outside thru the siding for the brickmold, hit a nail, saw jumped out and grabbed the third finger on my left hand. they managed to stick it back on, dont hve any feeling in the tip tho. bad thing it was the second time i got that finger, when i was a teen ager i got two fingers caught in the impeller on a feed grinder, mashed them up good. still got em tho.....

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NTP

11-07-2006 05:45:15




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to Burnie, 11-07-2006 03:17:11  
Thanks for sharing. I always hate to read these things, but I always do, with the intent of learning something. I was a supervisor for 38 years in an industry that used presses, some small and some huge, but when someone got caught in one the results were always the same, rarely with good results.



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Jimmy King

11-09-2006 08:58:06




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to NTP, 11-07-2006 05:45:15  
I know a guy that was doing a home project after work He and My Neighbor were the only ones left in the plant. The project flew out of a 50 ton press and crushed his face, a lot of plastic surgery, and new teeth a year later, went back to work.



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TimS in Mo

11-07-2006 05:07:51




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to Burnie, 11-07-2006 03:17:11  
I'm glad your Dad is going to be ok! You really have to watch it with circular saws, especially cutting thicker sheet material, they like to bind and kick back and bite ya.

Tell your Dad we are sending him electronic get-well wishes, and to be careful!



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Burnie

11-08-2006 03:16:46




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to TimS in Mo, 11-07-2006 05:07:51  
Thanks for your thoughts Tim and everyone. I'll pass the message on although I might have a bit of a problem explaining the electronic get well wishes. Wise though he is in many ways, the computer remains a complete mystery to my father.
Cheers everyone!



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BigMarv1085

11-07-2006 08:52:39




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to TimS in Mo, 11-07-2006 05:07:51  
We have accidents at work pretty regularly. Drilling metal in a drill press not secured, knife and razor blade cuts, metal in the eye, and the worse was when a fellow was holding a punch and the guy swinging the hammer missed the punch and hit him dead center in the mouth. My dad always said that when you lose fear of a tool (saw, chain saw drill press) it will bite you.



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Easy1

11-07-2006 18:11:44




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to BigMarv1085, 11-07-2006 08:52:39  
I have worked around machines all my life. How the heck do you hit your buddy in the mouth????? Sounds like horseplay to me. Or drunk. And if we were having accidents that regularly, our supervisor would be fired. No 2 ways about that. Do you guys have a safety program?



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135 Fan

11-07-2006 13:27:09




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 Re: Saw Accident in reply to BigMarv1085, 11-07-2006 08:52:39  
Any machine can bite you. I worked in a shop where a guy lost a finger because he had it under the hold down, on a 1/4 inch by 10 foot shear, that comes down before the blade. There was a guard but he was cutting a short piece and put his hand under the guard. Dave



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