Tree surgeon Killed

[Alex Reid]

thoughts to the family RIP makes me wonder sometimes what I am getting myself into!

[Ian Flatters]

Poor guy, sad news, RIP. Hits home a little bit of what can happen.

[Ross Turner]

My thoughts are with his family & friends it not nice losing anyone as we all know,RIP

The Utility industry at present is cutting the expenditure & in my experience they are expecting the same amount of work in less time which at times means we have to cut corners so accidents are certain to happen.

Thats my opinion.

[woodsmanBSc]

Folks,

 

From what I understand speaking to contacts is they had a permit to section the Poplar but it was clear felled. A winch was put onto the Pop but it got hung-up in a Larch. A winch was then put in the Larch! I presume the method was then to fell the Larch and the hung up Pop and have them both down in one.

The Larch failed near or above the winch point and hit this poor chap!

 

Like many other folks have said it’s a stark reminder of the dangers we all face on a day to day basis.

 

Thoughts go out to his friends & family!

 

Lets hope we all get home safe to see our loved ones!

[Taupotreeman]

I worked with this guy for a about a year and a half before moving to NZ. I always found him extremely safety concious (especially around the power lines) and also a great guy to boot. Just happened to be googling for his name and up popped the info about his death. Such a shame.

[Doug Blease]

Sounds terrible. Huge sympathies to his family. It sounds like a hard working guy who was faced with a very tricky situation with many variables.

 

Hamad, I know you have apologised but I was initially shocked at your suspicion over sympathy.

[mistahbenn]

I was told the guy didn't have his helmet on. He was within two tree lengths of a tree being felled, the felled tree knocked a top out of a larch and hit him. The guys had to hold his head together with their hands. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HELMET ON SITE!!! It is down to every member of the team to make sure every person is safe at all times. Safety comes first.

Edited March 26, 2010 by mistahbenn

[Jonathan Le Maistre]

I didnt think you ever cut cut corners Captain Health And Safety Turner

[skyhuck]

This is another tragedy.

 

We all try to find some reason the accident happened and apportion blame, it a way of copping with the fear of the risks we face. If we can say the person concerned acted in a foolish manner we can convince our selves it wont happen to us, as we would never do that.

 

Its the same when we hear about kids that carry out crimes, we look to see where the parents went wrong, so we can reassure our selves that our kids wont do the same as we are good parents. (well I do)