Chainsaw safety - avoiding injury and safe use

All of the machinery a gardener or landscaper uses is potentially a killer if used without due care and attention. Sadly, all of the equipment available to the professional, who incidentally has acquire a competence certificate to work in the commercial sector - is also available to the general public.

As far as chainsaws are concerned the procedures are getting tighter with many machinery suppliers now refusing to sell to the public unless they have gained a basic chainsaw competence certificate and in many cases even machinery hire shops will not allow a chainsaw to leave their premises unless competence is proven.