Every thread below this one is unacceptable.

The number of fatalities and injuries is increasing. It is likely to keep getting worse, especially with the economy where it is. Now everyone with a chain saw is trying to make a little money.

I can use a little extra money myself, I think I'll offer to do some surgery on my neighbors. I can buy a scalpel and figure it out, right?
 
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I can use a little extra money myself, I think I'll offer to do some surgery on my neighbors. I can buy a scalpel and figure it out, right?

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LOL!

Yeah and when you monk up the surgery I'll report it to the AMA 'Awakenings' internet board because the accident involved a scalpel!
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So, is the Awakenings forum doing its job?

When a report of a chipper part crashing through someone's house comes through do you put a little extra effort in seeing things are properly bolted on yours?

When we see someone's bridge fail do you check yours?

Do you put your protective pants on when you think of the 168 stitches your boss took?

Raising a collective consciousness requires acknowledging the Elephant in Our Living Room.
 
I think so too.


I didn't start the thread thinking the topic's too dismal or unecessary, but just an opine on the large numbers of mishaps, mostly catastrophic. A few posts back, our statistics overpowering the KIA of servicemen at war...well that's mind-blowing.


It's an important thread and at a minimum, it helps people identify repeatedly, the accidents that can in all likelihood be prevented. For the most part.
 
Jim,
The Awakenings forum is definitely working and with Tim's vigilance, it's working very well.

The serious accidents I've had in trees were all blindsides, I thought I was in control and working a plan. There is no substitute for awareness and part of that is knowing what CAN happen.

The guy that was electrocuted dumping chips was a great example. It's easy to see how someone could make that mistake. But if you're fore warned, you pay attention to the wires even though you easily drove under them.

I've worked as temporary replacement for two climbers now who were both injured the same way. They cut a piece longer than they were high and were struck... one guy broke half his ribcage. They just didn't know about the situation so they didn't recognize it.

Yeah, Awakenings is a good one. And thanks Tim, I have know doubt you've made people safer by taking the time to do this.
 
Where I take my tires for repair, an independent dealer, has a photo series on the wall right by the bead sealer cage (from the old split-rim days) of a fellow who used to work there. It's gore times ten of the guy's jaw hanging loose by one side, teeth all gone, and his right arm dangling, just sitting there waiting for the ambulance.

Icky to look at but a reminder of job complacency.

I still triple-check my tri-lock biner before thinking about anything else, then back to it after I thought of everything to think about.
 
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