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Utah Project Work Kickback Chainsaw Cut 2020

  • Incident Information:

    Chainsaw Kickback_RLS.pdf

  • Location:

    Utah

  • Date:

    06/18/2020

  • Incident Type:

    Chainsaw Cut

  • Description:

    Fishlake National Forest, Utah.

    A sawyer was preparing to cut down a three-inch conifer sapling. The sawyer positioned himself with his left leg forward and right leg back and proceeded to cut the base of a sapling.  As the sawyer placed the tip of the running chainsaw bar next to the sapling, the tip contacted a log that was resting against the tree, which caused the chainsaw to kick back abruptly. As the saw bar kicked back, it contacted the lower portion of the sawyer’s protective chainsaw chaps. The fast-moving chain cut into the chaps, causing the chaps to be pulled quickly toward the inside of the sawyer’s lower left leg, allowing for the lower leg to become exposed to the still-moving chain.

    Chainsaws, Hand Crews, Medical Emergency, Project Work, RLS, Chainsaw Cut

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