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Janet Baraclough.. expounded:

Really? I don't know any professional chainsaw operator who doesn't
wear full gear, even for a very simple half hour job.

Proper gear means work gloves, long pants, wookboots, safety glasses,
hearing protection, and knowledge. If you're swinging a chainsaw so
badly you might cut into your legs I really don't think you should be
using one ;-

Professionals wear kevlar trousers precisely because that accident can
happen so easily.
Inexperienced people can very easily misjudge the speed of cut, and the
weight, balance and impetus of the saw as it comes free.The OP has
already told us that her arms get tired easily.

Accidents can happen to anyone, true, but expecting
everyone who uses a chainsaw to own kevlar pants is going a bit too
far.

You wouldn't think that if, like me, you had ever seen (and heard)
anyone slip a running saw onto their leg, while not wearing kevlar.


Janet.