Rumford man killed in tree-cutting accident

[TMW]

http://bangornews.com:80/detail/95188.html

RUMFORD, Maine — Police in Rumford say a 66-year-old man was killed while cutting down a large pine tree on his lot.

The victim of Saturday's accident is identified as Donald Barker, a former union president who led paperworkers during an 11-week strike at the Boise Cascade mill in 1986.

Police say Barker was cutting the pine with a chain saw when he got pinned against a standing tree. A neighbor found his body about a quarter-mile into the woods after he failed to return home.

Barker served as president of Local 900 of the United Paperworkers International Union in the mid to late 1980s. He was later appointed to the Pulp and Paperworkers Resource Council, a group that lobbies on behalf of paper workers.

 

[one_bad_ash]

many prayers.

 

[Brian]

66 and cutting alone. I hope he was atleast enjoying what he was doing.

 

[TreeCo]

I can't escape the feeling that these 'normal citizen' tree related accidents are being tallied up and being used as evidence against us, the tree care industry.

It's similar to NASCAR getting bad publicity by constantly reporting 'normal citizen' highway accidents in a professional racing forum.

Just because a tree, chainsaw or an arborist is involved does not make it a 'tree care industry accident' and I believe that is the implication that is being presented.

 

[treehumper]

I don't think they are counted as tree care industry accidents. Industrial accident or occupational accident statistics are gleaned from the reporting process not news reports. OSHA would not be involved in a DIY'rs accident investigation.

 

[Raven]

Barker served as president of Local 900 of the United Paperworkers International Union in the mid to late 1980s...
...was killed while cutting down a large pine tree on his lot.


Karma?