By the mid-1950s, chainsaws were in use for felling and cutting trees and skidder tractors with caterpillartype tracks employed in road-making and for hauling logs.
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Thechainsawand other modern techniques have been a mixed blessing.
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Information on the number of injuries caused by persons coming into contact with achainsawis in table 1.
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It has even been described as the "chainsawcharter".
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We have heard about chainsaws, but there are many other examples.
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Vegetation has been removed with chainsaws; and specially adapted rolling stock, with mounted flails, has been used to cut through huge swathes of land.
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However, we have some particular problems with this piece of legislation, and in particular with chainsaws and the like.
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Once again, the first that people knew about the work was when they heard the chainsaws and saw the trees coming down.
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It should not be used as a sledgehammer or achainsaw, as has so often been the case.
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Its industrial warp knits are used in hose reinforcement in high-temperature and high-pressure hose manufacture and in protective garments forchainsawusers.
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Chainsaws are vital for managing woodlands.
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The amendment would regulate, for the first time, emissions from small, off-road petrol engines, such as those used in lawnmowers, chainsaws etc, by means of two stages of emissions limits.
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There must also be a much fuller information pack to go to garages and so forth; nor must we forget the problems of garden machinery, outboard motors and chainsaws.
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Act 1974 requires that employers must ensure that anyone who uses chainsaws or other dangerous machinery, including students in an educational establishment, should first receive appropriate training and instruction.
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He was lifted into the air and dangled above achainsawwhile tied in chains.
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