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Part of why a thread like this gets my blood running a bit. I don't mean to sound preachy about the safety at all. But I worked two different places and had a friend have much more unfortunate outcomes from getting bit. I've seen a few people get hurt pretty decently too. Ropes aren't cables...

I understood it perfectly. Sounds like some close conditions. Is your friend supposed to make a full recovery? I sure hope so.

It's bite not bight as I know and understand it. Being in the bite is being anywhere that you could get bit. One of the big dangers of cable logging is that at certain points in the game your life may well be in someone else's hands. Not unlike what a lot of us here do on a day to day basis...

I was guessing the line side washed a standing tree on its way over and snapped tight after becoming slack. His helper was standing in what is referred to as the bite. And he got bit. The rule of thumb around ropes or cable is never wrap it or allow it to become wrapped around any part of your...

Wow. Sounds like a bad day. An injury and then a near miss in the same day, same crew as two separate events means its time to revisit your safety planning. Obviously hindsight is 20/20 but identifying hazards and taking steps/plans to mitigate them before the work commences is SOP. Thanks...