Chain Saw Safety Prevent It

[RandomTask2008]

Yeah you can only use a "top handle arborist's saw" with one hand, don't even try it with a regular saw!

[Mark64ct]

The back story to this video is that Kirk was treated by the same specialist that reattached Bobits penis after his wife laurana cut it off.

[pika23]

A family friend cut all the fingers off on his right hand while cutting sheet metal at an airplane factory over in Lakewood Industrial Park a few years ago. He got them reattached...but wow...you never think stuff like that will happen to people you care about.

I remember in middle school, a friends brother, got his fingers chopped off in a snow blower.

[stix471]

no offence, but America's health system is so bad :(

[cornishrob123]

omg i cant belive it one handed is bad enough lol ,

[lil1pdiddy]

So you cut your index and middle finger off?

[1moreastronaut]

1:12 - Ultimate Man Pose!

[egloskerry]

I'd actually like to see them pick up your idea. Use people who it has actually happened to.

[geldhundt]

And you drop started the saw.

[sirkiller07]

@geldhundt most people do and it is perfectly safe if done properly

[myxmyxmyx]

Lame. Should have showed it.

[Fooy146]

oh wow.......... that sucks

[jesspip]

only in america

[Asilentobserver]

@jesspip fuck off

[AdmiralBoom76]

Chainsaws will fuck you up. Don't piss around with them. Wear your PPE!

[hendotintco]

OUCH!! does it still hurt on cold days? My gran lost a big toe to a lawnmower and it aches every winter,happened about 15 years ago.

[KuttnTrees09]

Small brush is bad news..! A few years ago I was cleaning up after a snow storm.. My leg got tangled in some brush and vines, and I raked the saw across my leg.. Even at idle with the chain stopped, it cut 1/8 of an inch from my femoral artery in my leg.. Lost alot of blood, but could've been ALOT worse... !

[itsthatalexguy]

Dude.

So your telling me you sliced your fingers off?

o.O

woah.

[12beeboy]

wait ........ he knows hes about to have a accident

[sfsdj]

HAHA ALL OUT!

[joeblowthehot]

oh owch!

[Chemnut220]

This is something I needed to see. I just bought my first chainsaw and have been itching to go cut some stuff up. I was completely ignorant of chainsaw safety because I ignored/disregarded all the safety warnings. This is due mostly to my stupidity but also because of the over-saturation of safety junk that is published with anything you buy that has moving parts. Now I will never take for granted chainsaw safety - thanks for posting this video.

[NJwildlife]

read the rest of the comments section for a full explanation of what this video is.

[outlawracer2229]

I'm an EMT and I've seen what carelessness and over confidence can do. If you don't respect the equipment it will teach you to very quickly.

[KB1PTH]

i Have herd the same thing respect the equipment or face Death

[walyll0]

nicely done, but i feel it`s chainsaw habits is mostly what prevents injuries......btw hope you regain full use of your fingers and complete recovery

[mahaboni]

Wow I thought this was going to be a joke, reason why, this same thing happened to me last month, severed my thumb, index and middle fingers on my right hand, I feel your pain.

[thejking]

uuuhh wow when i saw those last pictures i never touch a chainsaw again

[MrEd30]

Wow...so sorry about what happened. The video was a good demonstration of what NOT to do. Hope you are well.

[eyeless2k1]

Was that you jus doing a reconstruction of what you did before?

[7Andy777]

This guy is spot on.

I had a accident 5/6years ago doing the exact same thing, except I had all the headgear on, no gloves, one hand on saw and the other on brushwood. Chain snagged on the thin wood and caused the saw to fly around and land on my other hand, fortunately I only cut the skin and tissue. A tendon was visible though.

These tools must be treated with respect, they can easily cause accidents.

Too many videos here show people using saws with just a t shirt for protection

[netjem]

Compelling and convincing.

I'm sorry about your hand.

[reackless12]

yo bro i go there to that exact place to get my physical therapy thats funny as hell lol

[NJwildlife]

For anyone else viewing,

Look at the other "PreventIt" videos here on You tube, This is just my simple attempt at doing the same thing

[spy4863]

I've been watching all the "Prevent it" videos. They're Canadian ads, aren't they? Not that that makes any difference-they're still just as effective, I'm from Palatine, Illinois, just about 40 miles northwest of Chicago. I love Psas and commercials, and I love all the Prevent it ads too. There's an old saying-"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"-and I think many disasters could be averted if more people would heed those wise words. I'm very sorry about what happened to you.

[maddisonst124]

Great job on making this video. People are often careless with chainsaws. Even when you have safty gear and have worked with saws your whole life it can still happen.

[Pendulum711]

'the injury that i will cause to my hand' hes talkin future tense, way to go buddy, taking one for the team =S

[tombeeni]

The American health care system is jipped...

$20,000 + $30,000 = jeez thats alot of money!

[skudave]

Good video. That's some real shit right there.

[mxcnprd10]

Thank you for making this video

I use to not fear saws, now im terrified of using one, ever since my mother literally talked fear into me of ever using a saw when I was little.

[detectiveryan]

lol, you re-enact the whole thing to show what not to do

it may be mean but i would have laughed if you did it again

anyway good vid

[bhunted]

I can confirm this actually happened. And to the twit that thought it was Photoshoped... Go find a chain saw and play in the corner...

[Zivi11]

Did this actually happen to you? Good for making something good out of it

[NJwildlife]

The concept was to turn a bad incident into something positive. The tape was a mock to show what I had done wrong two years prior (read the wording on the photos) to help folks think about safety first and not make the mistakes I made and prevent an injury such as mine. From the number of hits the video has had I hope at least one or more folks have gotten the message and prevented their own (or employees etc) injuries. (The photos are real).

(See the Canada prevent it videos).

[falloutboy204]

dudu i dont get it what did you actually do photoshop??