Death of a tree cutter

[Treegeek]

These are the details that i have been able to piece together.

Whilst at the chainsaw shop on tuesday a chap came in saying that a treesurgeon had been killed on sunday !! we all where suprised as we had'nt heard anything so he told us that the treesurgeon had been felling ivy covered trees and one became hung up at that point he started to cutt sections of the stem, he cut two sections started to cut third when the tree started to fall and he became trapped/crush under and died of his injurys.

 

Then this afternoon one of out supervisors told us that a sub contract fail driver we have worked with was killed in a chainsaw related accident on sunday.

 

I have worked with this person myself and all ways found him to very help and a first class machine operater a credit to his firm.

 

As the details of the accident are second hand info i think its best to keep the identity anomous.

 

Just to say that our thoughts are with his family, he was a Father and grandad father and i spoke highly of them.

[Dave D]

thats sad to hear, condolences to his family and friends. thanks for letting us all know.

[button1803]

condolences to his family and friends and thank you for letting us all know. Stay safe everyone..

[Kev Stephenson]

Is the incidence of serious injury and fatality increasing within the profession or is it the shear number of artalk members that means we are hearing about it?

 

Stay safe everyone and condolances to his family.

 

Kev

[Gareth Smith]

Sad news yet again, Thoughts with his friends and family.

[geoff]

Sad sad news,too much of this going on.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Horrible news!!!! Should we all be wearing chainsaw protective long tops and gloves in addition to the normal "Type C" trousers? (I know this would not help with crush issues)

[Tommy_B]

Very sad to hear. Thoughts to his friends and family.

[butler]

Horrible news!!!! Should we all be wearing chainsaw protective long tops and gloves in addition to the normal "Type C" trousers? (I know this would not help with crush issues)

 

 

Good idear, January of each year i promisse myself to wear more ppe more of the time. Wish i could stick to it for longer than a month or two.