title is a very close call

[Stihlmadd]

while we are trundling out a few this popped up several weeks ago ,
see what you think

 

[ROYCE]

That did not seam to0 bad to me. Yes, kinda close. But dead limbs do break off on rigging jobs. You try and avoid it but it's hard to do sometimes. One things I would of advised was to stand farther outside the landing zone. However, it looked like tight quarters and he was standing as far back as he could. Also, if you knew dead limbs might break off, and the tree was sting enough, maybe lock off the porta wrap and then stand back, so you don't have to hold the rope. Then come in after the piece is cut to lower it.

 

[Pelorus]

...stand farther outside the landing zone. However, it looked like tight quarters and he was standing as far back as he could.

If I had been the climber on that particular tree, or really ANY tree, for that matter, I would have been very leery of having a groundman that close.
Seems like I'm constantly having to tell guys to back up more.
They just either seem oblivious or feel invincible. or mebbe sometimes it is just laziness. I dunno what it is, but they all do it.
Cause stuff happens. Doesn't take a very big piece of wood falling from height to wreck someone's day.

 

[southsoundtree]

Groundie could have easily backed up.

A standing rule on my jobsites: Don't go stand where you can be crushed.

 

[Jeff]

We're forever yelling at the groundies who don't seem to be able to predict the shrapnel landing area. How is the piece going to swing? Is it going to hit the trunk and shatter? Straight line (well, plane actually) from the piece being rigged to the block to the impact area. But you need to be paying attention and able to predict behaviors, and those are 2 things many groundies don't do.

 

[TreeCo]

Easily could have broken an arm or two. Those pieces were moving fast. It seems that dead wood flying could have been predicted by the climber. Ground man too close in any event. Great video work!