Chainsaw Leg Protection

A brief, but graphic demonstration of the devastating effects of the chainsaw on various materials including jeans, old chaps and state of the art chaps. I am not a fan of gory safety films, so I like how they did this. From the good folks at the Washington (State) Department of Labor and Industries. Check out their other materials at: http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/TrainTools/Videos/Library/catalog.asp?VideoID=V0969

Category:

Education

Tags:

• safety
• chainsaw
• logging
• felling
• OSHA
• PPE

[nemesisofnormal]

MY LEG!!!

[r4zor878]

Wearing Chainsaw Leg Protection saved my leg just a few days ago

[MahPopemobile]

If this video doesn't make people wear chaps, nothing will! Even when cutting up firewood, I still wear chaps/cutting helmet because you never know what's going to happen. I laugh at people who say otherwise

[dinobecker614]

Your vid is a favorite on Guatemala

[96derricktf]

they saved my leg

[oryxfreeride]

unnecessary comment at 2:20. I already did, thank you.

[MrMeanderthal]

I spent many years falling timber and logging is BC Canada.. I don't think chaps are the way to go.. get the pants with the pads sewn in.. chaps are too easily spun around your leg leaving it exposed..some of the newer pants have the pad almost completely around the leg and offer much better protection than chaps.. chaps suck and none of the pros I know wear them. pants rule!!

[78hdshovel]

@kxdirtrider85 any saw shop should have them, big r, major retailers like tractor supply, etc.

i paid about 70 bucks for mine, which is pricey, but how much is keeping a limb really worth?

@66665555

whether you "cut like an idiot" or not, kickback and various other things could still cause you to get injured, and in a lot of cases your chain brake isn't gonna help.

[kxdirtrider85]

were and how much r chainsaw chaps?

[AdmiralBoom76]

I'm really gonna make the effort to always wear my PPE after watching this. Thanks for posting.