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  1. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Here's a True Blue lowering line.
  2. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Here's another Cowboy.
  3. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Here's a real Cowboy.
  4. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    7 days have passed. Today I again photographed the tree removal at 34th & Phinney by the Army Corps of Engineers contractor. The work area was marked with yellow ribbon. The crew was wearing Personal Protective Equipment, such as chaps, hardhats, hearing protection and eye protection...
  5. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Here's the story and photo from the Seattle Times referred to earlier. While I spoke with the news representatives, no word of the unsafe work practices was reported. Photo by Ken Lambert, Seattle Times
  6. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    The chipper was later moved to the opposite side of the pile. Here's a side view of that same area, showing 4 pedestrians. A video of the NBC news camera person shows 2 people walking right in front of the chute.
  7. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Attachment shows unspectulacular photo of chipping into a pile on the ground in an unsecured area, open to the public. The Burke Gilman Trail is a former railroad right-of-way, about 9 miles long across north Seattle, with about 300 pedestrians & bikers per hour at this spot. This later...
  8. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Followup shot after that last image shows no eye protection. I love the 20 power zoom lens on this Sony HX1 camera !
  9. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    The photo in the attachment shows a climber with only one tie in. His climbing line can be seen hanging in the gin pole tree, from the 2nd stub below the crotch the lowering line is in.
  10. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    The photo in the attachment shows RBTREE documenting the investigation by the state compliance safety & health officers.
  11. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Check out the authors Youtube comments in the "More Info" description of the Wrap on Trailer Hitch video. "Yesterday I observed the unsafe tree removal operation by the Army Corps of Engineers at the Ballard Locks in Seattle. I understand there was an agreement between Parks & the Locks to...
  12. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Part 2 of the video.
  13. Oxman

    Seattle Army Corps of Engineers contract

    Tree removal video of contractor removing trees at the Army Corps of Engineers Seattle Ballard Locks. The locks is a 22' lift for ships from sea level in Puget Sound up to Lake Washington, which is a 20 mile long X 2 mile wide lake that runs right thru the middle of Seattle. The Hiram...
  14. Oxman

    Video Spurclimber pruning w/o hardhat or glasses

    The title of the Youtube video, description, and comments naming those responsible have been sanitized.
  15. Oxman

    Video Spurclimber pruning w/o hardhat or glasses

    Re: Video Spurclimber pruning w/o hardhat or glass I heard "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". Looks like the lesson didn't take. Hypocrisy is a human defect that has surfaced in my character, for you all to see. The Cherry tree was pruned rather nicely...
  16. Oxman

    Video Spurclimber pruning w/o hardhat or glasses

    Interesting how criticism comes from not saying something.
  17. Oxman

    Video Spurclimber pruning w/o hardhat or glasses

    Re: Video Spurclimber pruning w/o hardhat or glass I screw up all the time. It amazes me. Sometimes there is a lesson, where a better way to prune a tree is revealed by the screwup. Some mistakes seem to be destined to repeat themselves, like a bad habit that I can't break. One mistake is to...
  18. Oxman

    Video Spurclimber pruning w/o hardhat or glasses

    Davey Tree asked the ISA to change the Certified Arborist web page to show that the owner of Arbor Barber does not work for them anymore. It was done today, less than 12 hours after this video hit the fan. I'm glad the ISA is responsive. The owner of the tree service called several times asking...
  19. Oxman

    Video Spurclimber pruning w/o hardhat or glasses

    Youtube Video of climber pruning a small cherry tree while wearing spurs. Be sure to click on 'More Info', just below Nov. 12, 2009 on the Youtube title page. The company website comment page is listed so folks can write the boss a letter about the image of our industry this behavior creates...
  20. Oxman

    STARRS Aerial Rescue Workshop

    Yesterday (October 17, 2009) I attended the STARRS class in Arlington, Washington. http://www.starrstraining.com More photos from the event are here: Ox's photo album It was a great class with good engagement with the audience. The thing that was unique about this event was the very...

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