Willow Tree Tragedy

[bens]

This case is in all the news circulars in my world today

Posting links for wider circulation

 

The inspections were being done but communication of the findings was not happening

 

Awful to read really.

 

Council fined £280,000 after death of six-year-old girl hit by falling tree | HSE Media Centre

PRESS.HSE.GOV.UK

 

Newcastle City Council fined £280k for failing to remove rotten willow tree that crushed six-year-old school girl | IOSH Magazine

WWW.IOSHMAGAZINE.COM

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Newcastle City Council has accepted responsibility for failing to properly manage the risk of a decayed willow tree that...

 

[Dan Maynard]

As you say, awful to read, but thanks for circulating.

[pie eater pete]

Very sad situation but as i keep saying much more likely to happen i feel in the current economic climate. 

[Mick Dempsey]

1 hour ago, pie eater pete said:

Very sad situation but as i keep saying much more likely to happen i feel in the current economic climate. 

It had been inspected 5 times, money wasn’t the issue, poor decision making by the council’s tree team was why it happened.

[pie eater pete]

5 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

It had been inspected 5 times, money wasn’t the issue, poor decision making by the council’s tree team was why it happened.

I'm not arguing with your point. The point i AM making is i consistently keep seeing are landowners or members of the public ignoring duty of care. The amount of seriously dangerous trees i have seen lately shows people's mindset.

[Mick Dempsey]

Well, you did say in the current economic climate, which for me says it was a money issue.

 

It’s one thing for a member of the public to ignore a rotten tree on their property.

It’s another thing altogether when a tree like a willow, in the grounds of a primary school which gets inspected twice a year, showing rot and fungal growth with a significant lean doesn’t get whipped out tout suite.

 

 

[pie eater pete]

3 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Well, you did say in the current economic climate, which for me says it was a money issue.

 

It’s one thing for a member of the public to ignore a rotten tree on their property.

It’s another thing altogether when a tree like a willow, in the grounds of a primary school which gets inspected twice a year, showing rot and fungal growth with a significant lean doesn’t get whipped out tout suite.

 

 

Yes that's my point. This tree is obviously due to a communication breakdown. Others i am now seeing daily are left alone due to both homeowners and landowners crying poverty.

[shillo]

I had a call out to a local primary school a few year ago. a decent sizes Elm collapsed onto the school playground crushing the play equipment. Luckily happened on the weekend. The head said the trees had been inspected, and didn't really seam that bothered. I argued that they clearly hadn't been inspected as they were full of ivy and impossible to inspect, he simply shrugged his shoulders. Still full of ivy now. If my kids had been going to that school I would have.......

[Patrick goulding]

Why didn’t they just fell the tree why would you recommend further inspections? The person obviously had a suspicion it was in bad health so why take the risk FELL the Dam thing a play ground isn’t a place to take risks 😠 poor girl. Surely teachers must of thought the tree was dodgy to and why let kids play near trees in high winds it’s scandalous. 😠 

[Mick Dempsey]

6 minutes ago, Patrick goulding said:

Why didn’t they just fell the tree why would you recommend further inspections? The person obviously had a suspicion it was in bad health so why take the risk FELL the Dam thing a play ground isn’t a place to take risks 😠 poor girl. Surely teachers must of thought the tree was dodgy to and why let kids play near trees in high winds it’s scandalous. 😠 

Teachers aren’t there to weigh up trees, that’s the council’s  job, and they failed.