Dreadful News

[vharrison]

http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/...n=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

[Old Monkey]

That link isn't working. What's up?

 

[NickfromWI]

Sad to hear.

 

[MasterBlaster]

VERY sad to hear, poor fella.

 

[sotc]

ugggghh, thats awful

 

[OTGBOSTON]

That sux.

Its also the reason I am so hard on my guys.

 

[brendonv]

Pretty crappy if I must say so. I like OTG, always remind who is working with me to be careful, even a handsaw can be lethal.

 

[Blinky]

Not working for me either.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It was about a guy that got chipped.

 

[stehansen]

That's horrible.

 

[Frans]

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

 

[lumberjack]

Easy Frans, that kinda talk isn't well recieved.

 

[MasterBlaster]

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

 

[vharrison]

A little more information.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chipper10apr10,1,1315361.story?track=rss

 

[NeTree]

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

 

[MasterBlaster]

Most probably don't, but their bosses should! :roll:

 

[OTGBOSTON]

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

That is a very profound statement

In my experience, tree guys are tree guys, some just have bad attitudes.

Bad Karma is a mofo

 

[Blinky]

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.

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

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

 

[NeTree]

Blinky, that's true.

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

 

[lumberjack]

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

I have enough negative (read: fairly little) in my life without building false connections to feel sorrow.

 

[Stumper]

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]

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]

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.

 

[JonnyHart]

Wow that's awful.