Sunday 10/31 a good friend, co-worker, was cutting brush around his deer stands with a modified brush cutter (large weed whip with a saw blade attachment).
While cutting brush the blade came off and cut one of his legs completely off just above the ankle. He was transfered by air to a trauma center but they were unable to re-attach the leg.
This mans young sons were in the area and were able to put a tourniquet on the leg saving there dads life.
About 25 years ago I was using a similar saw and the blade that came with it was not capable of cutting the brush I wanted to cut so I replaced it with a 12" carbide tipped blade that cut through 4" saplings like they were corn stocks and all the time I was cutting I knew that if that blade came off I would probably loose both legs. Being young and dumb, I continued and finished the job at hand. With this friend loosing his leg sure reminded me of just how foolish one can be when our desires over-rule our better judgment.
While cutting brush the blade came off and cut one of his legs completely off just above the ankle. He was transfered by air to a trauma center but they were unable to re-attach the leg.
This mans young sons were in the area and were able to put a tourniquet on the leg saving there dads life.
About 25 years ago I was using a similar saw and the blade that came with it was not capable of cutting the brush I wanted to cut so I replaced it with a 12" carbide tipped blade that cut through 4" saplings like they were corn stocks and all the time I was cutting I knew that if that blade came off I would probably loose both legs. Being young and dumb, I continued and finished the job at hand. With this friend loosing his leg sure reminded me of just how foolish one can be when our desires over-rule our better judgment.