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I don't remember the exact numbers anymore, it was too many years ago, but injuries related to chaps and legs occur something like 3x more frequently than injuries related to heads and helmets or face shields. That statement probably comes with the caveat that you're wearing safety glasses, either way, as I imagine unprotected eye injuries must top the list.
Years ago, Stihl put out some literature showing the number or frequency of chainsaw accidents, discriminated by area of the body. Their point was to convince people to buy chaps, and not just helmets, as the vast majority of chainsaw accidents are leg contact injuries.I was a volunteer firefighter/emt. We had one guy where the saw kicked back and it got him in the face. Not very nice. One of our other lieutenants had the saw cut him in the thigh. He was lucky, no serious damage.
I don't remember the exact numbers anymore, it was too many years ago, but injuries related to chaps and legs occur something like 3x more frequently than injuries related to heads and helmets or face shields. That statement probably comes with the caveat that you're wearing safety glasses, either way, as I imagine unprotected eye injuries must top the list.