Passing of Boomslang

[adolan]

Hey guys I just saw a FB post that Matt Heder - Boomslang died in a work place accident last week. I think he was fairly active on here- I bought a pair of spurs off of him a few years ago and he seemed like a great guy. I don't have any details of what happened. Another one gone too soon

 

[VenasNursery]

Hey guys I just saw a FB post that Matt Heder - Boomslang died in a work place accident last week. I think he was fairly active on here- I bought a pair of spurs off of him a few years ago and he seemed like a great guy. I don't have any details of what happened. Another one gone too soon

I hope this is not true

 

[The Green One]

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/48554646/david-matt-matthew-heder

Condolences to all of his Family and Friends.

 

[Crimsonking]

This hurts. I bought my first pair of personal spurs from Matt, hung out with him at the "don't hate sherrill for buying tree stuff" weekend, and enjoyed his perspectives here on the buzz. Dangit.

 

[data farm 26]

This is terrible. So sorry to his family, I think he had a son? And I know he was getting disenchanted with the work. Painful. I loved his presence here.

 

[data farm 26]

This is going to take a while to settle in. We lost three great people from this forum to the trees in the last year, Jed, Jon, now Matt. All had kids and were just getting going in life. Cruel world.

 

[flushcut]

Well damn! Godspeed Boomslang!

 

[Greensleeves]

Climb in peace man.......

 

[ghostice]

This is story on a fatal tree care accident in NB - they don't name the deceased but it looked like the same company/ incident date. There is a local story as well (behind a paywall), but with no more details than the CBC story.
Condolences to the family - this is such a tragedy.

 

[Reach]

That's really sad. If the news reports are to be believed, he was climbing a utility pole without authorization from the power company when he contacted energized equipment and was electrocuted.

My condolences to his family, and I hope that all here can take a moment to remember him, and to reflect on the hazards we face every day, especially the hazard of electricity.

 

[Mike H]

This is terrible. So sad

 

[TreeCo]

My heart sinks.

Condolences to his loved ones.

 

[data farm 26]

That's really sad. If the news reports are to be believed, he was climbing a utility pole without authorization from the power company when he contacted energized equipment and was electrocuted.

My condolences to his family, and I hope that all here can take a moment to remember him, and to reflect on the hazards we face every day, especially the hazard of electricity.

huh, I seem to recall he had a background in line clearance work. Rough way to go I'd imagine.

 

[pcpTR33]

Massive bummer, condolences to those he left behind.

 

[Serf Life]

Wow this is rough

 

[southsoundtree]

Damn!

 

[Njdelaney]

He will be missed. Matt never held back on speaking his mind and kept to his values.

 

[Reach]

huh, I seem to recall he had a background in line clearance work. Rough way to go I'd imagine.

That I don't know, but definitely a terrible way to go either way.

 

[Matias]

fuck

 

[Steve Connally]

This hurts. I bought my first pair of personal spurs from Matt, hung out with him at the "don't hate sherrill for buying tree stuff" weekend, and enjoyed his perspectives here on the buzz. Dangit.

Yes I remember that trip well and hanging out with all you guys. This is very very sad. We had some good interactions on here.