Shadow Puppets???

[Brando CalPankian]

Tree trimmer charged with crushing coworker while playing shadow puppets in Apple Valley

A tree trimmer is charged with manslaughter after he allegedly killed his coworker in Apple Valley while playing shadow puppets with heavy equipment.

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[Matias]

What the actual fuck?! What an incredibly frustrating thing to read. I'm all for playful shenanigans in the right context, but you just don't "fuck around" with heavy equipment.

 

[Reach]

Wow. That's really sad, and really immature of the guy running the machine. That's the kind of shenanigans I would expect from a teenager, not a grown man who is allegedly a professional operator.

 

[Brando CalPankian]

I'm still confused how you would accidentally grab someone's head with a grapple. What kind of idiots.... Didn't say the company name. Smfh

 

[ATH]

I'm still confused how you would accidentally grab someone's head with a grapple. What kind of idiots.... Didn't say the company name. Smfh

I'm guessing looking at the shadows instead of the equipment and coworker??? Sounds horrifying. However it happened, a very sad incident

 

[flushcut]

Wow. That's really sad, and really immature of the guy running the machine. That's the kind of shenanigans I would expect from a teenager, not a grown man who is allegedly a professional operator.

Oh come on now you’ve never had a bout of stupidity on the job as a grown man? I have. Just never with something that can kill a person.
Horrible way to go! God speed

 

[Reach]

Oh come on now you’ve never had a bout of stupidity on the job as a grown man? I have. Just never with something that can kill a person.
Horrible way to go! God speed

Oh I have, but I don't believe I've ever found myself fooling around playing games with heavy equipment with people nearby. That's the difference. I'm all for having fun, but there's a line.

 

[flushcut]

This tragedy reminded me of this.

 

[ATH]

Oh I have, but I don't believe I've ever found myself fooling around playing games with heavy equipment with people nearby. That's the difference. I'm all for having fun, but there's a line.

Throwing acorns at ground workers (with helmets) from 70' in the tree is more along my lines of screwing with the crew.

 

[Reach]

Throwing acorns at ground workers (with helmets) from 70' in the tree is more along my lines of screwing with the crew.

Yes, I am all for things like that. Makes the day more fun, and it does not risk anybody's life.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Such a tragedy. And the guy behind the controls is going to carry the weight of that choice for the rest of his life. That would be so hard to hold.

 

[Evo]

Tree trimmer charged with crushing coworker while playing shadow puppets in Apple Valley

A tree trimmer is charged with manslaughter after he allegedly killed his coworker in Apple Valley while playing shadow puppets with heavy equipment.

kstp.com

My social has this blowing up all over. This really sucks for all parties

 

[Evo]

I'm still confused how you would accidentally grab someone's head with a grapple. What kind of idiots.... Didn't say the company name. Smfh

A better report I read indicated he was paying more attention to where the shadow was in relation to the shadow of his co-worker than the actual location of the grapple.

 

[Mick Dempsey!]

Sickening stupidity.

 

[Brando CalPankian]

My insurance guy is out of the Brainerd area. He did some digging into this. Apparently the operating company didn't have any WC, and the guy who offed the other guy was their only CDL driver. Nightmare all around.