Ever since the incident, I have been wearing a hardhat when using a chainsaw, logging, and working in the woods. When I started running a chainsaw I did not wear a hardhat. I thought they were uncomfortable and didn’t want to wear one. I had a close call while timber falling that changed my opinion. I even wear them when there is no danger of anything falling on my head. One of the purposes of a hard hat is protection from chainsaw kickback. Sometimes I even wear one when I am running my Woodmizer LT15 sawmill.