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I read somewhere the most common chainsaw injury (though this probably relates to all 2 stroke engine users I guess) is hearing damage (I've certainly met more deaf tree surgeons than limbless ones). When I was doing my chainsaw training one of the lecturers did a test with a noise meter, testing the decibel level at various locations. He found that upto 50 yards (I think, it may have been more certainly wasn't less) the decibel level was still enough to cause hearing damage. It's why I always wearing ear defenders when I'm chainsawing, even if I'm using a saw horse and may not wear all the other PPE.
I have met someone who gave themselves a frontal lobe lobotomy with a chainsaw. He'd taken off the kickback guard because it 'got in the way'. It's arguable if the accident had any impact on his intelligence.
I read somewhere the most common chainsaw injury (though this probably relates to all 2 stroke engine users I guess) is hearing damage (I've certainly met more deaf tree surgeons than limbless ones). When I was doing my chainsaw training one of the lecturers did a test with a noise meter, testing the decibel level at various locations. He found that upto 50 yards (I think, it may have been more certainly wasn't less) the decibel level was still enough to cause hearing damage. It's why I always wearing ear defenders when I'm chainsawing, even if I'm using a saw horse and may not wear all the other PPE.
genuine LOL. I guess the most common cause of chain saw accidents is actually stupidity.
Yup they've done all sorts of experiments to try to make them quieter to no avail. Even seen one with the equivalent of a car exhaust fitted to it and it made little difference. (Slightly unwieldy too!). Still I find the noise always let me know who was where and what they were doing when I ran felling squads. (Also made the general public stay out of the way rather than standing gawping at you as the tree came down.
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