Pruned branch nearly hits arborist and assistant - GIF

Pruned branch nearly hits arborist and assistant.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...452#post169852
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...069#post141063
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...343#post142329
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...260#post169202
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...223#post161332

There's nothing funny about that...

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Originally Posted by IntheGroove

There's nothing funny about that...

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Nope! That could have gotten ugly really fast! May have gotten ugly back where we couldn't see it, anyway. That ladder and the limb itself may have gotten the lady, even if the chainsaw didn't. People doing that sort of thing should be dressed appropriately, which she wasn't. A hard hat won't always save you, but they give you a better chance if heavy crap falls on you. Even that ladder was pretty heavy, and the limb quite a bit more so.

Bill

She got hit by the saw, then the ladder, then smashed by the ladder then fell off the ladder. Don't know how high they were because of the fence, could have been 10 feet of more!

Looks like something Joe Biden might have planned.

That could have been terrible.

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Originally Posted by mlochala

Looks like something Joe Biden might have planned.

That could have been terrible.

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I don't think they planned the branch thing... oh I see what you did there!

Good thing the saw was at least idling. It starts with the saw left in the cut as she hands the guy something, not sure where the second limb comes from that must of had a ladder resting on it. Could have been very bad.

Ralph

Yup, bad decisions all around on this one. Think the crew should take a long hard look at their prodacalls. Methods, safety and dress code. All wrong! That large of a branch should have been brought down in pieces or by a crane. Almost cost them several lives. I'd quit that team and choose to work with a more cautious crew.

Just speculation here, but I would say that the "assistant" is probably the guys wife and this was probably not one of his jobs. Otherwise she would not have been dressed like that. Sometimes side work is not worth it.

Sooo True. He'd be saying, "Honey I am so sorry your arm was cut off by the saw. And you broke your leg falling off the ladder. But man, ya know we needed that $200.00 bucks. Thanks for your help! I love you.".

I normally avoid watching or, at least, don't spend much time watching videos having some permanently morbid outcome out of respect for the victims, but this one was quick and to the point and ended as well as could be hoped for.

So, I watched it a few times using the 'click-pause-to-stop' slow mo method to see just how many times both escaped catastrophic injury and it was really a challenge!... And, I didn't even add in that nearby power line to the list of possible outcomes!

That "arborist" can, maybe, walk-the-walk with all his safety gear but that's where the association with safety ends. (Side note: I think his assistant/wife/GF needs to do more shopping around! That guy is gonna get her maimed or killed!!)

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Originally Posted by Dry Creek Smithing

Sooo True. He'd be saying, "Honey I am so sorry your arm was cut off by the saw. And you broke your leg falling off the ladder. But man, ya know we needed that $200.00 bucks. Thanks for your help! I love you.".

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You haven't paid anyone to remove something like that recently, apparently. Or even gotten a quote. ;)

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Originally Posted by JoeVanGeaux

I normally avoid watching or, at least, don't spend much time watching videos having some permanently morbid outcome out of respect for the victims, but this one was quick and to the point and ended as well as could be hoped for.

So, I watched it a few times using the 'click-pause-to-stop' slow mo method to see just how many times both escaped catastrophic injury and it was really a challenge!... And, I didn't even add in that nearby power line to the list of possible outcomes!

That "arborist" can, maybe, walk-the-walk with all his safety gear but that's where the association with safety ends. (Side note: I think his assistant/wife/GF needs to do more shopping around! That guy is gonna get her maimed or killed!!)

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Might be the customer, too. In which case he may not have known she was down there. Whatever, they both got lucky has all get out! I did the same thing to the video, a few times, then decided I didn't need to see any more of it. Still pretty sure she got hurt, too. Probably big time.

cancel that underlined portion, went back and looked again, she was handing him something when things fell apart. He knew she was there. He got hit on the helmet, and lost it, and tried (sort of successfully) to keep stuff from falling on her, too. Makes the last portion of my post much more likely, too.

Look at all the keys she's carrying, she's the boss of that job...

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Originally Posted by IntheGroove

Look at all the keys she's carrying, she's the boss of that job...

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You're right. I missed that, too! Probably a good thing I'm not working in an industrial setting anymore.