Accident

[kevin Davies]

I had a life changing accident on 27th November  falling approx 40ft from an ash tree. Ive started this post for 2 reasons 1 to draw attention  to my mistakes to prevent others doing the same and 2 im asking for help i have set up a go fund me thank you in advance for any donations. I am 51years old and left sparsholt college in 2002 i think so over 20 years experience. Never broken a bone before.. I was in an ash tree stripped all branches off while roped in top of tree. had large dropzone, easy tree. Came down to fell out chunk, stood on spikes, flipline around tree put wait on to system pulled out mainline.  Then i found myself falling backwards. I was told i landed on my back on a log and on my chainsaw.  Six vertebrae broken which have been fused, 8 ribs broken fractured shouder and tendon torn off bone on both shoulders

Some pictures will follow once i can figure out how to upload any questions im happy to answer thank you 

[kevin Davies]

 

[kevin Davies]

[tree-fancier123]

quite an amount of damage

did the flipline carabiner not go in properly, or adjuster fail?

[Stubby]

33 minutes ago, kevin Davies said:

I wish you a full and speedy recovery matey . 

[Mick Dempsey]

So what failed?

[kevin Davies]

Nothing falud best guess is i clipped onto my tool strop have notch lojing to strop that held for a while

[kram]

Thanks for sharing. Do you know what went wrong with the flipline?

Hows your recovery? Are you fully healed up.

Was there any HSE investigation, what did they say?

 

[kevin Davies]

Backs healed although much reduce mobility just had surgery to reattach tendon on left shoulder awaiting surgery on right. will be in sling for 6 weeks then cannot lift anything heavy for another six weeks a year full recovery 

[Mark Bolam]

Wishing you a full recovery mate.

I’ve got to ask, why didn’t you descend on your main line?