On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:54:55 +0000, Andy Dingley
wrote:

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:32:04 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

I think you need special dispensation or something to use a
chainsaw now in the UK.

You need a licence to stand _near_to_ someone else using a chainsaw.

.... snip

There are a series of licences for chainsaw operators, light felling,
heavy felling, and working at height with chainsaws. You're not even
allowed to buy a top-handle chainsaw without the right licence.

As to the actual injury rates, forestry in the UK has a good safety
record. If you hear of an accident, chances are that it's a farmer
with no training, no safety kit, and using an ancient unbraked saw
that was being hard to start.


and probably because he couldn't buy a new chainsaw since buying a new
one requires a license which he most likely doesn't have, but he does have
an ancient chainsaw with no safety features.

Law of unintended consequences sucks, doesn't it? ;-)