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    Fungus Among Us : Norway Maple with yellow blob

    You really should read Chris Luley's book and see what we need in terms of photos so we can ID the beast. This is a guess but I think a species Laetiporus http://www.treerot.com/envira/laetiporus-sulphureus/
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    Trees from a distance

    Well it has white rot decay in the trunk but no idea of the species
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    Trees from a distance

    Another horrible photo so just a guess Betula alleghaniensis
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    Well there you have it.
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    Yes tree work is hard, no doubt but that does not mean it should involve accidents and certainly should not cause your death. When at heights we are tied in and double tied-in when cutting, in extreme temperatures we monitor our body temperature and control it or stop the work, new hires are...
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    I love it because you don't know what accidents I have had I cannot possibly comment. Keep going guys with the attitude that accidents just happen, they are unavoidable and uncontrollable. I can tell you the relatively minor accidents and injuries I have been involved in can be directly linked...
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    TreeStuff and SherrillTree Join Forces

    I was thinking about what was the stupidest post of the year and I have to say that Ropeshield has the top (bottom?) five posts in the list. Considering his posts about one-handing a saw, the damagepedeo, non compliant harnesses, inventing decay inspection techniques, and TS shills, there will...
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    Fu*%face Von Clownstick

    Well Trump needs to move forward immediately by committing to arresting and holding Hillary in prison until the first of her many trials' begin immediate deportation of all Latinos, ban all Muslims from entering the USA, destroy ISIS, stop the killing in Chicago, kill Obamacare, dump Ryan, ban...
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    What I got from you is that nobody was in charge on the site and you unfortunately lost fingertips, perhaps not the worst of injuries, but needless none-the-less. As for understanding it we are wasting our time. Continue on.
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    How the hell are throwlines and brush tangled together an overlooked hazard?
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    And you sound like an ignorant ass. As for live free, well I don't give a rat's, he is quite happy to have a few less finger tips and does not understand that it could have been easily avoided. I bet that most tree workers have had brush and ropes/throwlines tangled together, no unknown hazard...
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    Norway Maple Damage

    Root collar excavation, a fancy term to blow away the soil with compressed air and an air spade or air knife. Can do much with a prognosis without more info. My general conclusion is that Norway Maples hit the wall due to girdling roots around 15-20 years after planting, most are in step...
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    John and others, we need to stop the idea that this or any other injuries are simple accidents and are not preventable. We are not talking here about tripping at home we are talking about workers attempting to earn a livelihood, workers who deserve to go home safe and sound at the end of the...
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    Yes, lets accept that all hazards cannot be avoided and accept the deaths and injuries. That is very comforting for the paralyzed worker or the widowed spouse.
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    It is really sad that you know things are constantly changing and evolving but you cannot seem to control for it. The whole point of many H&S courses is to be able to deal with the change and the unexpected.
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    I am talking not about training that uses the word or term arborist and tree worker but H&S courses that teach the basics that can be applied across jobs, industry and employers. Arborists need to get beyond thinking that their risks are chainsaws and rope and begin to think in a systematized...
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    What is so hard to understand? You lost your fingertips, therefore an incident occurred, therefore the risk was not controlled, therefore the hazards were not correctly recognized. It is really simple accident=improper hazard and risk assessment, controls, supervision etc. So less than five...
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    Training Video of Rope in a Chipper

    Clearly you do not understand and implement proper hazard and risk assessment, it was not done in this case, there is prima facea evidence to prove that. In your scenario a new ground guy was allowed to change the plan without you (the supervisor?) knowing. A competent supervisor would be...
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    Norway Maple Damage

    quite possible also has verticillum
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    Red Maple decay

    There was no reason to air spade this tree. The flare (root collar) was excellent.

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