Quote Originally Posted by rustic101 View Post
Would have loved one about eight years ago.
Fell backwards and put my arm out to stop my fall.
Should never have taken the gaurd off and turned the saw off!!!

Left hand landed square over the blade seperating three fingers and one thumb from its buddies. Saw never skipped a beat and never hesitated lol....

Walked into A&E with hand wrapped up in towels and had to try to convince the silly bint behind the counter it was serious -
Amazing what show and tell does to get rid of form filling.

I have high praise for the Maxillofacial surgery unit and nurses at the Hutt hospital who after five days put them back together all be it shorter and with less function..

Funny thing was it never bloody hurt - Shows how powerful the mind is to shut pain down quickly.
Got any pics?