05/01/2022
Well I am out for at least 3-4 weeks. You know with tree work it doesn't matter if you are 2 years experienced or 30 years experienced me 20 years in with the risk of injury or death always present. I know a few guys who had this happen to them over the years you never imagine it happening to you. Chainsaw kickback is a split second with no reaction time. I was cutting on the ground and cutting through a bunch of limbs to load in a trailer I got complacent and what I believe happened was being in a hurry cutting carelessly through a thicker in diameter piece the bar tip came in contact with a different limb that was butt up against the other causing the saw to jump back into my leg so fast I had no idea what happened or the severity because I said s**t and fired my saw back up I took two steps and the amount of blood I saw sent me into shock. 20 stitches to close the muscle so the surgeon could push my calf back into my leg 35 stitches to close the wound outside. I make no excuse other than Operator error rushing and being careless. ๐ณreeCare