The Tree got the Last Laugh

[guymayor]

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091116/ARTICLES/911169936

Gotta wonder why the tree was being cut, and whether the crew's risk assessment skills equalled their crane-removal skills.

The couple moved into the house in August, and an arborist had strongly recommended they have the aging and sick tree removed for safety, Kevin McCarthy said.

Workers arrived early Monday morning to start removing the tree that was alive before the Civil War, and were nearly done when the accident occurred.

“It was a freak situation,” said Rich Kingsborough, owner of Atlas Tree Surgery in Santa Rosa.

 

[launchster]

Just shows how everyone involved in a job like that has to be super skilled. Fair enough we risk alot doing the job we do, but why take that sort of risk when its someone elses life and property. We shouldn't see these kind of accidents happen as often as they do.