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Frans

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Not to be a hard ass but.... It was city worker. They are notorious for being asleep on the job
 

MasterBlaster

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Just pretend that it was your brother/ friend that was morselized and see how well that talk would be "received."
 
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NeTree

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I guess the reporter doesn't know the difference between a chipper and a tub grinder.
 
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Blinky

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I don't care who you are, working the feed on a chipper is one of the most dangerous parts of the job. Just like climbing and felling, it's a ZERO MISTAKES discipline.

It's always a shame when someone dies just to remove a tree.
 
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fishhuntcutwood

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Wow. Too bad. Makes you stay on your toes. I know he didn't wake up that morning thinking that was going to happen.
 
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NeTree

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Blinky, that's true.

I hope our guys here are talking to their crews about this accident.
 

Stumper

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Too true Carl.......You could be "hardhearted" like me and not get too wound up even about family members. Death happens.
I think Kipling said it best in "If"...."if all men count with you but none too much."
 

Al Smith

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Very bad,indeed.

I think though it's good to let these accidents be broadcast as basically a heads up for others .

Let me give an example.A couple years back when my buddy's Hi-Ranger split a boom I put the info about the failure and cause of same on here and A-s .As a result numerous booms were checked and a few potential catostrophic failures were prevented .

A "heads up' is always good just too bad it has to to be after the fact .:(
 

Big A

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I see that the second clip says that 31 lives were lost in a 10 year period, thats way too high!! I guess on the whole you guys over there use far larger machines, so this is partly the reason. we've had a climber killed recently following a chainsaw accident in the tree, fire crew had to get his corpse down. Even one life is far too many, and these press releases act as a wake-up call to each and every one of us. STAY SAFE!! Work smart.
 
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