Bunnings dont give instructions on how to use a chainsaw, But guess what? When you brought your last Car, did the Dealer run you through a 5 day course on safe operation of the car? If you crash said car, Can you sue the Dealer for not showing you the safe operation of the car? Lets get real hear. Natural Selection has gotten us to where we are today, the preeminant species on the planet, and losing a few people to Natural Selection wont hurt the gene pool.........
Ok - in complete seriousness now.......there is no way that it would be feasible, let alone right, for a governement to regulate this type of activity in PRIVATE use!! This is Australia, not Communist China or the USSR!!! We have enough fun Police as it is!!!! Smoking kills more people than chainsaws, smoking causes more admissions to Hospital and costs way more taxpayer dollars than chainsaws, yet Smoking is not only legal, you dont need to do a course on how to do it safely, or have to have a "ticket" to do it, thus lining the pockets of Training insitutions, who then, in an effort to raise more cash, change the course so your "old ticket" is no longer valid, and now you need to get a new one, which is now x3 the price it was last time.........
what we do to ourselves is our problem. We need to be responsible for our own actions. Should i choose to use a saw without chaps and cut my leg: Guess what? MY Problem. I am to blame. Not Stihl, Not "the Government", not Karma, but ME. That being said, in an workplace setting, yes, an employer should provide appropriate gear and training in avoid their workers getting injured. Private use - Thats your own problem.
