It doesn’t take much

[CanaryBoss]

A friend of mine told me they heard about a death in the tree service industry over the weekend in Jacksonville Florida. I researched it online and this is what I found. Very sad.

 

[TimBr]

A rope and harness as a backup to the ladder would have saved his life, most likely. Unless he was allergic to the stings, maybe. Video after video on YouTube of guys getting knocked off of ladders during tree cutting operations.

Construction rules in most places demand 100% tie-off when working at or above six feet in height.

 

[CanaryBoss]

We just had a voluntary osha inspection today. We wanted to know if we needed to tighten up anywhere. He told me 4’ in our industry requires tie in.

 

[Stephen Moore]

BC Hydro worker fell off the box of his bucket truck after exiting the bucket, he broke a leg.
My friend broke his ankle stepping out of his truck.

 

[CanaryBoss]

Ya you know it’s unfortunate. I joke with potential customers and tell them, “you don’t want billy bobs barbeque and tree work on this one you’ll end up on the news.” Here’s my proof, it does happen. But I hate to be right

 

[islandarb]

Honestly sad. But easily avoided. Landscapers need to leave trees to arborists. Very simple. Less of these will happen.

 

[Tony]

We just had a voluntary osha inspection today. We wanted to know if we needed to tighten up anywhere. He told me 4’ in our industry requires tie in.

4’ is the correct OSHA height. I believe it was a fairly recent update.

Tony

 

[GregManning]

4’ is the correct OSHA height. I believe it was a fairly recent update.Tony

I retired 12 years ago.
OSHA required a fall arrest above 4 ft as a general requirement even before that. (general industry regulation)
I was called out by a company saftey guy for standing on a very stable stack of wood pallets. (~5' ?)

 

[Drumbo]

I guess we should install a zip line out of the chip truck so we don't get busted by OSHA when jumping out after taking a leak.

 

[Stephen Moore]

Technically, tree workers in BC and construction workers are not allowed to ride the ball on a crane here either.

 

[Stephen Moore]

Personally I think it has to do with a run away winch line but I’ve never seen that happen.

 

[JeffGu]

I'm reminded of motorcyle helmets... they were tested, literally, by putting a melon of approximately the same weight as a human head, and dropping them from a ten foot stepladder. They could tell from trying a bunch of things that by checking the damage to the melon they could tell if the internal padding of the helmet was sufficient to save your brain in an equivalent impact.

A buddy of mine once commented that all they really proved was that people who use stepladders should be required to wear a motorcycle helmet.

 

[Stephen Moore]

According to OSHA any step ladder including an orchard ladder would require the user to be tied in