I used to camp in the winter woods of the 4 corners area to cut firewood, with a truck arriving every two weeks to collect the wood and take me to town for a shower, wash my one set of clothes and get more pinto beans, bacon, and instant coffee.
Once, I hit my leg just above the knee cap with the chainsaw which left a pretty ugly and very open wound, the only human I saw during that 10 day period after the injury and before the truck was a trapper who didn’t have any first aid, luckily it didn’t get infected and aside from an ugly scar it worked out.
Seeing what touching human flesh with a commercial chainsaw does is not a pretty thing to see.
Holy carp!
I have never hurt my self with a power tool until this Memorial Day morning. I was ripping a 12” long piece of 4x4 on my Powermatic table saw. It kicked back and I touched the blade with my left middle finger. It just skimmed the end. Trimmed the nail, took off the skin and just a little flesh.
I was extremely glad when I looked down that 99% of my finger was still there. Then it started bleeding like crazy. I did not need stitches but it bled like crazy. Today is the first day I have not worn a band aid to work. Fortunately, I did not do much damage to the nerve endings there. Although, for the first couple weeks it was extremely sensitive.
I am LUCKY. I was been a woodworker since I was 14. Hence the tag name my dad gave me(woodbutcher).