Ouchies

[Adios Pantalones]

You know, if it isn't a hoax, the fact that it happened on April Fool's day only adds to the story...

They claim that it happened on Monday, but they released the x-ray on Tuesday.

 

[fireview2788]

I'm thinking it's real, this is one of the stories.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014...trimmer-with-chainsaw-embedded-into-his-neck/

 

[Warm_in_NH]

I go with real.

 

[begreen]

It's real. I saw the hospital interviews last night. He's bandaged up, but still one lucky fellow.

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[splitoak]

Oooo....

 

[Camben]

It's the real deal.

 

[mikey517]

Been all over the local news here in NY/NJ area.

 

[jim2074]

It was on Fox news this morning. It really happened. The guy is going to be ok.

 

[Jonathan70]

Guy is going to get right back up in the tree too...

 

[xman23]

Look at that, the chain is broken. Besides where it is. Yea it was all over the news, but it got me wondering if this was a hoax.

 

[BrotherBart]

I suspect four threads about it.

 

[Mag Craft]

I do not if it is fake or not but I used to service X-Ray and Cat scanners before I retired and it would be real easy to fake that X-Ray.

 

[Dustin]

(broken link removed to http://www.kptv.com/story/25134970/tree-trimmer-hospitalized-with-chain-saw-in-neck)


Did you guys see this? Ouch!

 

[Seanm]

Dustin you beat me to it! I watched this today on yahoo and was amazed. That guy is lucky to be alive and hopefully it will help him be safer. From the looks of the family around him he has lots to live for. He should go out and buy a lottery ticket!

 

[firefighterjake]

I think this is now the third or fourth post on the topic.

 

[firebroad]

If it as April Fool's joke, then SHAME ON THEM, IT IS IN BAD TASTE--
If it is real, then HOLY SMOKES!! Kudos to his quick thinking co-workers, I sure would want to be working along side them.

 

[Simonkenton]

I have done lots of chainsaw work, including, I have built 7 custom log cabins with chainsaws. I own 2 Stihls and a Husqvarna. That is some dangerous work and I am lucky, nipped the leg one time and got 35 stitches, otherwise, no injuries.
These young guys who climb trees to work really have my respect. That is some really dangerous work.

 

[begreen]

I think this is now the third or fourth post on the topic.

merging in the nook

 

[Adabiviak]

@_@

That's gnarly... like Red Asphalt, but for chainsaws.

 

[Simonkenton]

I used to be a paramedic. The cardinal rule is "Never remove an impaled object." So the the medics would have left the bar in place, but they would have unbolted the bar from the saw. Throughout all of that I doubt that the chain would have broken, and this chain is broken.
However, the medics might have cut the chain.
I saw the interview with the patient on Pittsburgh tv. This story is for real.

 

[Bobbin]

Very late here, but I concur with Simon.. I've been sewing professionally for well over 30 yrs. now and the cardinal rule is to leave the needle in place as you drive to the ER. (I had to remove the needle from the needle bar to extricate a co-worker back in '80s). We drove to the ER with her hand over head (kept the pain down). Bottom line: she violated Rule#1: never put your finger in front of the needle! (always have an up to date tetanus shot!)