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Oregon Chainsaw Chaps Strike 2025

  • Location:

    Oregon
  • Date:

    06/05/2025
  • Incident Type:

    Chainsaw Cut
  • Description:

    Engine crew was assigned to remove hazard trees from campground post wildfire. Sawyer had just started cutting for the day, after felling a small tree, they stood up from a crouched position while the chain was still spinning. It made contact with their chaps, pulled out some of the kevlar lining and was subsequently stopped without any harm to the sawyer.

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