Bristol Arborists- Reducing Injury

[Khriss]

Not in Epping. It's Thursday n cheap merlot night with homemade madras. K

Edited October 24, 2019 by Khriss
Plus Bill Bailey frivolity on t'YouTube. ...think this thread been derailed enuff

[Sambo]

There's a plethora of avenues you could take with this subject - don't forget the more subtle things like HAVS, dehydration, working in extremes of temperature or weather conditions etc. Many of these circumstances can be the subtle cause of a greater incident.

 

One issue I've had regarding equipment is the harnesses we use and the correct adjustment to distribute the load evenly over our back and legs. I have never had the correct instruction or training to correctly fit my harnesses. I wonder how much muscular strain or skeleto-muscular injury could be relieved by better fitting or better information on the consequences of ppe no fitting correctly? 

Edited November 14, 2019 by Sambo

[Rough Hewn]

That's easy.
A product to reduce injury in arb.
It's a drone the size of a chinook with a grapple saw and crane lift.
No more climbing,
No Saw work,
No manual lifting,
Just sit in an office with an Xbox style controller and a fast internet connection.

Or...,
You show the public how fecking hard and dangerous arb is,
Oust all the thieving barsteeards who nick our gear and charge mrs Miggins 2k to cut her apple tree.
Then we could work at a more reasonable speed, lowering the risk of injury,
Charge clients a price which reflects the vast cost of the training, machinery etc so we can afford to pay staff nearly as much as a labourer on a building site.

Honestly mate, there is no magic piece of kit you could make.
Especially not in 9 months with no experience of this industry.
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