Chainsaw acident stats.

[Stuart A-C]

Afternoon people, im after a bit of help here.

 

I got a phonecall from the local rag this week, they want to come and do an article on using proper tradesman(no funny coments please:001_tongue:). I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to raise the profile of the arb industry in my local area.

Has anyone got some recent stats on chainsaw injuries etc? Ive looked at the HSE and FC websites, but all the info seems a bit dated. Also if there is anything else people would like me to try and get into the article please let me know.

I have contacted other local firms and let them know what is going on, and that it is not going to be a big PR thingy for the company I work for (I havent even told my bosses about it for that reason). I am just purley interested in letting the public know about the industry and the benifits of using ledgit Arb companies, that way hopefully everyone can benifit

[johnty]

i think thats a wonderfull idea Stu

[Arborist]

I think the public should be made aware or the costs of running a reputable tree business and legislation that we should adhere to, loler etc and the fact that these costs are factored in to quotes and the fact that door knockers mostly don't have these, probably use stolen equipment and then dump the brash down some lane which is then cleared costing the local tax payer and then don't pay tax or nat insurance. Hence why there cheeper.

 

Hope this makes sence, just come out of hospital and feel ill!

[arbogrunt]

something that shocked me on the HSE site was the following;

 

'The odds of someone in forestry and arboriculture sustaining a fatal or major injury in any one yer are estimated to be worse than 1 in 120.'

 

'Major injuries include; fracture other than to fingers, thumbs or toes; amputation; dislocation of shoulder, hip, knee or spine; any other injury requiring admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours'

 

'Labour force survey indicates under-reporting of non-fatal accidents to be 75% for employees and at at least 90% for self-employed workers'

 

HSE treework accidents

 

Not good reading really is it!

[Bundle 2]

Hello mate.....

"Has anyone got some recent stats on chainsaw injuries etc?"

The same question was put to a rep from the HS$E at the W@H seminar in Suffolk on weds....It seems there is very little data collected. As the industry is relatively small when compared to construction for example...or agriculture, the numbers come back so as to make statistical analysis less "robust".

[Bundle 2]

Ha ha ...sorry Arbogrunt...you posted whilst I was writing..

Something which made me smile recently. The estimated risk of harm to tree surgeons is greater than that posed by the trees. Answer. Stay in bed and do nothing...we are all better off.

Edited November 27, 2009 by Bundle 2

[slack ma girdle]

Any body having an accident with a chainsaw, and/ or up a tree, is classed as a professional, reguardles of wether they are or not. So all the D.I.Yers and lop and top merchants are 'professional'.

I would like to see the breakdown of some of these figures, and how many of these accident are by true professional.

May be we should keep an log of accident by Arb talk menbers, so that we have some figures that we can compare with the H.S.E. This might provide a more realistic figure of what is actually happening

[gibbon]

I think I've got some usefull info Stu. I will try to extract it from my melting laptop and email it across

[otter]

more people die from smoking i reckon.

[Alex Reid]

of course they do but it is all in proportion to the amount of people that work within the indutry! i think there are about 10 million smokers in the UK and there certainly arnt that many arb workers and foresters!