Ouchie, that hurt so bad it probably did not hurt........ I did something similar to my thumb 25 years ago, healed perfect even the nail
After seeing your finger I think I may have to rethink the idea of letting the kids operate the splitter. I would never forgive myself if they got hurt like that.
Yeah, my shins and feet have become unsuspecting back stops for the pickeroon on occasion. So I picked up a pulp hook recently, thinking it might work out better for when the wood is already on my trailer at waist level. Turns out you want to be really really really careful with glancing blows when working with that tool at waist level - or else you might be singing soprano for a while. Always be alert and keep a firm grip on your tool (but keep those fingers out of the way!) The safest seeming tools can injure you just as badly as the others if you're not paying attention.
Know what you mean! This is a dangerous sport. Going to have to google "pulp hook". Not sure what it is exactly. Sounds like something I can use.
Yeaooowwcchhhh! Hate seeing posts like these but they do tend to help others. After one here showing an accident with a saw, I made the decision my son and I will always wear chaps when sawing. Then this past weekend I took a friend up to that orchard for a load of apple and he broke out a pair of new chaps because me and Andy been wearing them. Take your time on the heal up. Wood isn't going anywhere and the weather forecast is looking 70+!
OUCH!! %$#@**## splitter....uhhhhh..... That of course would have been me. Get well soon and don't be too mad at the splitter.
Thanks for the wake up call Mike. Hope you get better soon. My wife likes to help on the splitter and I showed her your pic to show her what can happen in an instant. Especially if you get tired.
Knocked my self silly with a pick axe handle clearing for a wood shed. You never know where it will come from.
Yep, that does look bad. Hopefully you are right handed? I mashed my index and middle fingers the same way last summer. Not as bad as yours by the looks but mine split the base of the nail right across it. After a week or two the entire nail just fell off leaving a VERY tender nail bed on my right index finger (I am right handed). It took about six months for the nail to grow all the way down the nail quick. Also, I did not think so at the time but now I think I broke a bone(s) in the index finger also and it does not curl as far as it used to. But I did not get medical attention and probably should have to correct the bone break. Best of luck with that finger and I hope it comes back 100%. Mine is probably back 85%, still a little loss of feeling and as I said, it will not bend all the way. Log splitters have a nasty bite and I think they lull us into being just a bit too careless because they are relatively slow, at least that is what I think happened to me, complacency..... and the splitter showed me the error of my ways. :-( I am grateful for not actually losing any fingers though and also for not losing the use of any. Brian
Seeing how fast accidents can happen when you are the one running the splitter, it scares me to death to have someone else running the splitter while handle the wood. Hope you heal up fast.
So maybe I missed it mike bayerl but how did it happen in the splitter? Did you get it squished because your finger was between the splitter and wood when it was tightening? Edit: I let the kids cautiously use the electric splitter and want them to know about this.
awful picture ,i am glad it was not worse and thank you for showing it as it may make the rest of us more aware of what can happen ,my best wishes for you fast recovery
Shawn, have you given thought to one of these? Man, I'd hate to be without one now. In fact, I have 2 of them! Can't get hurt much using these and it is amazing how easy they make the work go.
Mike, that is awful but perhaps good that you posted it. Let us hope this thing heals fast. Hope you didn't hurt the splitter too.
