Reply #14: Recent accidental chainsaw accidents... [View All]

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March 28, 2009 GOLD BEACH – A Gold Beach wood carver, who was found dead at his Hunter Creek Heights home, was apparently accidentally killed when a chain saw he was using on a wooden sculpture cut his throat, Sheriff’s Capt. Bob Rector said Friday.

Glenn Walter Dobrusky, 58, was found dead at his home Tuesday afternoon.

Rector said an autopsy was performed Thursday and the result was consistent with an investigative finding that Dobrusky’s death was accidental.

“Analysis of the scene indicated that Mr. Dobrusky was working in his shop, using a chain saw on a wooden sculpture, when the chain saw blade somehow made contact with the throat area of his neck, causing a fatal wound,” Rector said. “It appears that the accident occurred sometime early in the morning on March 24.”
http://www.currypilot.com/20090328112926/News/Local-News/Sculptor-dies-in-chain-saw-accident

Man Kills Wife in Chainsaw Accident May 12, 2009

In a tragic and gruesome incident, a man accidentally cut his wife's neck with a chainsaw at their home in Ostego, Michigan.
Jerry Daniels was cutting a log when his wife Deb approached him from behind. According to investigators, she most likely kneeled down in an attempt to help her husband roll the cut log away. Daniels pulled the saw from the log and it slashed her neck. The authorities have so far ruled out foul play.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272500

BOW, N.H. -- A Bow police officer was killed Tuesday morning in an accident at his home involving a chain saw.
November 24, 2009


Bow officials said Nathan Taylor, 34, died at his Epsom home, and town officials were notified of his death by the Epsom police chief.

Relatives said Taylor was alone, trimming tree branches on his property on Goboro Road when the chainsaw kicked back and cut across his upper body. Taylor was able to call 911, but by the time paramedics arrived, he was dead.
http://www.wmur.com/news/21713629/detail.html

Man Dies In Chainsaw Accident - Killed By Large Limb

Clinton, TN (AHN) - On Sunday, Anderson County (TN.)mourned the passing of former Vol Terry Moore who died tragically in a lumberjacking accident Saturday morning.

Moore, who was pastor at the Freedom Fellowship in Clinton, was well loved within his community and fondly remembered by his parishioners.

He was using a chainsaw to clear some trees near his home when he miscalculated the fall of one tree.

The tree landed on his chest, causing massive internal injuries. He died shortly after at Tennessee Medical Center.
http://aztrees.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/man-dies-in-chainsaw-accident-killed-by-large-limb/

A TREE surgeon died in a chainsaw accident.

Scott David Donnison, 28, was suspended 40 feet up a tree in the back garden of a house in Park Gate, Hailsham.

He died instantly when his chainsaw kicked back from a branch and hit him on the left side of his neck, under his chin.

He was wearing a helmet and full safety equipment at the time.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-176920675.html

Abstract
Each year over 3 million new chainsaws are sold in the United States. The operation of these newer saws combined with the millions of older chainsaws in circulation results in over 28,000 chainsaw-related injures annually. The majority of the injuries involve the hands and lower extremities with less than 10% involving injuries to the head and neck regions. Deaths while operating a chainsaw are extremely rare. The most common hazards associated with chainsaws are injuries caused by kickback, pushback, and pull-in. Kickback is the most common and poses the greatest hazard. Kickback occurs when the rotating chain is stopped suddenly by contact with a more solid area throwing the saw rapidly backward toward the operator. The cause of most injuries can be traced to improper use of the saw or poor judgment on part of the operator. We present two fatal chainsaw deaths; one with an older style saw, and the other with a modern type. In both cases the victims died from fatal injuries received to the neck region from a chainsaw kickback. The first case involved a 49-year-old white male operating an older style chainsaw with limited safety features. The second case involved a 38-year old white male who was operating a newer model chainsaw equipped with a low kickback chain in an unsafe manner.
http://www.astm.org/JOURNALS/FORENSIC/PAGES/JFS2003276.htm

Note: all accidents are tragic.