Ambos urge care with power tools after spate of nasty injuries

NSW Ambulance is warning people to be careful when using power tools after a string of nasty accidents including a severed finger a 32-year-old man who severed his own finger using a chainsaw — one of 50 traumatic injuries across the state since July.

NSW Ambulance urges people to take care with power tools after some saw and sorry accidents across southwest Sydney.

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NSW Ambulance is warning people to be careful when using power tools after a string of nasty accidents.

Since July, paramedics have attended almost 50 cases of traumatic injury across the state from tools — including electric saws and angle grinders.

Just two weeks ago, a 32-year-old man from Edensor Park severed his own finger using a chainsaw.

A Belfield man’s hand came off second best when it came too close to a circular saw.

Last month a 34-year-old Belfield man was left feeling sore and sorry when he cut his hand open with a circular saw.

A Warwick Farm man, 30, cut his leg with a power saw and a 45-year-old Mt Pritchard man’s finger came off second best when it came in close contact with a band saw.

NSW Ambulance Chief Inspector Brian Parsell said the path to home renovation is historically paved with good intentions that turn traumatic.

NSW Ambulance Chief Inspector Brian Parsell has issued a warning about safe use of power tools.

Chief Insp Parsell said urged people to never use tools beyond their skill level and to “keep your body, especially fingers, away from blades”.

“If there are severed digits or a limb, stop the bleeding first, call an ambulance, then attend to the missing body part,” he said.

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Chief Insp Parsell warned that severed limbs and digits should not be put directly on ice, as had occurred with several of the incidents outlined below.

“Put them in a secured plastic bag; put that bag in another bag and then put it in cool, tepid water or iced water. But don’t freeze it. If you freeze the tissue, you’ll kill it,” he said.

Only four of the 49 incidents in the past three months involved women.

Wrists shot with nail guns, partial hand amputations from power saws and an Ashfield man hitting himself in the groin with a hammer — were some of the worst incidents on the grisly list.