Chainsaw chaps are the leg chaps designed to limit chainsaw injuries to your legs while your working, either in the woods or around your property. Chainsaw chaps are designed to decrease the extent of an injury, and to minimize the injury should an accident occur. Considering that the average chainsaw injury results in 120 stitches, it would obviously be a great accomplishment if chaps can help avoid some of those stitches so that what may have been a devastating injury becomes only a minor one.
Produced from strong materials like kevlar, they are excellent at protecting the legs from injury. The chaps are designed to protect your lower legs from flying stones and debris. Flexible needle punched padding provides maximum protection, while elasticized straps are added for. Protective apparel uses may require some mix of multifilament or staple aramid yarns with other yarns, or may require that the protective fabric be 100% by weight aramid filament or multifilament yarns.
Chainsaw chaps are chaps designed to limit chainsaw cuts to your legs. I was clearing some scrub growth brush recently in a squatting and reaching position, when the saw came across my upper thigh, fortunately there was no injury. I must admit I owe it to a quality pair of chaps. I know its kind of a silly practice but sometimes I get a little close because I know I have the protection.
There are in place standards for the design and manufacture of chaps which states, "The chain saw stopping requirement is that the garment must be capable of stopping a chain that is running at 2,500 feet per minute without penetration of the inner layer."[1]
My advice is to us caution when using a chainsaw and don't operate it after fatigue has set in.
