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   Woodman41 | Sep 17, 2008 07:36pm | #1

   Glad to hear you are not seriously injured. People will no doubt chime in about "it's a wake up call" etc., as for me I'm just glad it wasn't more serious.

   On a related note, it doesn't take a power tool to seriously injure oneself. I was trimming a tree last year using a handheld pruning saw. I cut through the tree branch at the precise moment a large noise nearby caused me to look up. The saw went down into my index finger - 15 stitches - and cut to the bone. Unfortunately for me, it severed the nerves running down the side of the finger down and now I only have vague feeling other than numbness in my index finger from the knuckle down.

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   forestgirl | Sep 17, 2008 07:41pm | #2

   Woodman, I have a non-woodworking friend who had a similar -- but not nearly as severe -- injury when she used a pruning saw to try and cut some PVC pipe.  Yikes! those pruning saws are wicked!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   Woodman41 | Sep 17, 2008 07:55pm | #4

   Those japanese pruning saws are medieval, really quite dangerous because they don't slice the flesh, they tear it away. My finger looked like I had stuck it in a garbage disposal for 30 seconds.It was my fault, as the vast majority of accidents are simply a result of human controlled factors. The numbness in my finger is a constant reminder about safety.

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   forestgirl | Sep 17, 2008 07:43pm | #3

   It would be so easy for such an accident to happen.  I find that the jig saw and the power drill are the two tools most likely to power on accidentally.  Hope you heal fast!

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)