– It hurts so much, just the heartbeat goes up a little. I have to be good and do as the doctor says, lie down quietly on the sofa with my hand on my chest, says Tom Stølan (62) from his Steinsholt home in Vestfold, expert tree cutter and construction worker Tom Stølan (62).
It’s been three days since he made a dramatic but seemingly innocent mistake working on rough forest ground in a hut area Frebergsvik between Holmestrand and Horten.
He had the tip of the little finger of his left hand cut off. She could have been worse. And she can still do it.
We warn of strong pictures further down in case!
THE FINGER under the steel wire – and suddenly the winch starts with a signal from the trouser pocket. Photo: private.
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Not in the trouser pocket
– Now I would like to share a tip with others on how to protect yourself from the same damage with the large number of power tools that are out there. Never go with a remote control with a start button in your trouser pocket, is the clear advice to practical readers of Dagbladet.
Newspaper The regular mentioned earlier the injury and circumstances.
Tom Stølan had to replace a cable that got tangled on the drum in a hydraulic winch with electric start. Hence the remote control with integrated start button for the winch.
– I had the thread in my left hand. Then suddenly the winch drum clicked. The start button clicked when I lifted my right leg. I repeat: never remotes with a start button in your trouser pockets, she says in the wake of the painful experience.
– Can cause gangrene
The tip of the little finger was destroyed, the finger bone was saved with the smallest margin.
– What could go wrong next?
– Debris or bad bacteria should not enter the open wound. Then it can be gangrene and more removal, says the doctor. The prescription is to change the bandage every other day. It can take four to five weeks for the wound to heal again, says Stølan.
PINK after – the practitioner has a tip to avoid this. Photo: private.
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He has handled chainsaws and all kinds of tools for more than 40 years and believes he has been careful with protective gear.
He usually puts remote controls with start buttons in his jacket pockets. But not this day.
Creepy start buttons
He also uses an electric chainsaw in many cleaning jobs inside Ring 1 in Oslo, particularly in residential areas and near kindergartens and schools.
– It is mandatory in many places due to less noise and pollution. The start button on electric chainsaws and some electric garden tools is on the saws themselves, not on the remote control. But I have also seen and heard of several incidents there.
– The start button can start chains and knives as soon as you move your finger. Be careful, warns the tree feller from the sofa.
Which prioritizes the sofa going forward at the expense of more tree felling, winch and hobbies as a blues musician and photographer.
