Knife and axe injuries (gory photo alert)

[nickg]

Folks

Im planning a little talk on edged tools and as a caution I would like to sprinkle it with some focussed shots of injuries caused by knives axes machetes etc as a result of inattention, inexperience, bad conditions or just plain 'taking your eye off the ball' for an instance. and also the after images when they are healed up (insofar as they have).
Preferably from people who generally do (or ought to) know better. They will be shown to grownups with a generally mature and practical outlook purely to reinforce the point that you dont necessarily have to be a total numpty to damage yourself or others.
For example I refer to the lovely shots that warthog (russ) did to his ankle with an axe last year.
If youre shy about public exposure then by all means PM them to me and I will treat them in confidance (and no names no pack drill etc if desired)
I will not publish or broadcast them and they will be seen only by a select few.

Id appreciate all the help I can get.

Cheers
N ick

 

[John Fenna]

I never have much time to get the photos done - too busy with the 1st aid!

 

[Klenchblaize]

This should be in the Fair Game section!

Cheers

 

[Ogri the trog]

Nick,
thats a damned good idea, an annonymous compilation of "Oops!" photos and the resulting scars - from the folk who use the tools most often.

Now why didn't I think of doing that before?

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Front Room Woodlander]

I'll email a colleague, she is Sister in a London A&E department.

 

[nickg]

I'll email a colleague, she is Sister in a London A&E department.

that would be brilliant

Cheers
Nick

 

[warthog1981]

Here you go done with a split second loss of concentration with a tap from my axe

Stitched up and repaired

Here's a non axe or knife related injury

Done while swimming in a lake in Swedish Lapland after a sauna the water was so cold never felt a thing no idea what I did it on but we recon that there must have been an old jetty with a head of an nail sticking out

Cheers Russ

 

[Tjurved]

I think you will have a hard time finding material because few use an axe or knife these days except for cooking knifes and very few of them get serious injuries. Alot of axes and bushcraft knifes I see on the internet looks brand new and unused also . I only know of one old man who chop his thumb of with an axe in his youth but quite a few who have injuries from chainsaws or other power tools.

 

[nuggets]

looks like you missed the `x marks the spot ` in the first piccy !!

 

[Locky]

We sometimes have photos of knife injuries in work, if we get some in il forward them on.
Worth browsing the hse website
http://www.hse.gov.uk/search/result...:11&cx=015848178315289032903:kous-jano68#1114
link is to the HSE.

 

[nickg]

Here you go done with a split second loss of concentration with a tap from my axe

Stitched up and repaired

Here's a non axe or knife related injury

Done while swimming in a lake in Swedish Lapland after a sauna the water was so cold never felt a thing no idea what I did it on but we recon that there must have been an old jetty with a head of an nail sticking out

Cheers Russ

Thanks Russ (nice one i think!!)

Nick

 

[oetzi]

Dont do as I do, do as I say:
Never have a hand between axe and wood.

 

[nickg]

Thats such a typical cut - ive come close to that a few times myself

Thanks

Nick

 

[kimbo]

Thats such a typical cut - ive come close to that a few times myself

Thanks

Nick

Snap! I've come very close to that as well on more than one occasion. Kinda reinforces your message, and is a darn good idea nick.

 

[grumit]

Dont do as I do, do as I say:
Never have a hand between axe and wood.

i got that one to but mine had six stitches lol
was stressed about going to see the inlaws again and not taking care
axe bounced of a knot on top of the kindling i was chopping and bit me
could see my knuckle joint working freaky

 

[njc110381]

I got one like that on my thumb from splitting kindling. Unfortunately photos weren't the top of my priority list when it happened! I also stuck a machete into my leg when I was a teenager because I swiped at a branch that was rotten and it went straight through it like it wasn't there. My leg was in the arc of the swing which was silly!

 

[Chance]

I'm looking at the tracery of white lines on my left forefinger, but they've all healed with little drama.
The fact that there are several proves that it took a variety of blades for me to learn my lesson.

 

[Toddy]

This thread nearly belongs in Fair Game

It's a very good idea though. Maybe we should make it a sticky in Edged Tools as a kind of vivid warning.

Take care out there folks.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Waterworx]

Hmm, best not show the GF this thread, she'd never let me loose with any sharp instrument again

Seriously though, this is a very good warning for peeps to be careful.

 

[Front Room Woodlander]

For those of a strong disposition only my friend in A&E recommends trauma.org An american site she uses for teaching materials. Again this is a site intended for healthcare professionals and not jo public. If you are in any way not comfortable with seeing the inside of humans alive and dead please do not look!