Evan Sussman
Participating member
- Location
- Stanwood, WA
So, Monday we were on day 2/3 of a multi bigleaf maple removal job. I think what happened is I was cutting a 2usher inch branch with my handsaw. For some reason. I think I was holding it with my right hand, cutting with the left. I had a feeling it would be a hard catch for my wrist but proceeded anyway. It did tweak my wrist a little, and I ended up putting my neck into the tree to catch myself. The next morning I had pain in my right upper abs. As the day progressed the pain spread and I was feeling it in my right shoulder also. At lunch I was in tons of pain. I asked my ground workers to pray over me so we could get the job done. Praise God we did get the job done, and my pain was less for that day at least. After sleeping it felt better yesterday, but as the day progressed I had pain less in my abs and more in the right chest. It hurts when I breathe deep or cough. I feel useless and it sucks.
The moral of the story is:
1. If in doubt about a catch, reposition.
2. Use a sling girth hitched to absorb the twist that my body took instead.
3. Even though it's slower could've used another sling girth hitched to the trunk/branch to catch the branch altogether and then unhooked and tossed it.
Use the gear hard, not your body.
It would've been like nothing on the gear, and it put my out of physical work indefinitely. More like a week or two, but still uncool, and unnecessary.
The moral of the story is:
1. If in doubt about a catch, reposition.
2. Use a sling girth hitched to absorb the twist that my body took instead.
3. Even though it's slower could've used another sling girth hitched to the trunk/branch to catch the branch altogether and then unhooked and tossed it.
Use the gear hard, not your body.
It would've been like nothing on the gear, and it put my out of physical work indefinitely. More like a week or two, but still uncool, and unnecessary.
