What the scariest/worst thing...

the check valves failing on an extended bucket boom.

i've heard of it but never had it happen.

as far as chainsaws, i was pretty scared when i saw someone check the chain tension with the saw on.
 
Buckets scare me but really, I've never even been in one... I might like'em if I tried'em.

Power lines are the most dangerous hazard a climber deals with regularly.

Chainsaws don't scare me... but carelessness does.

Cranes, used by trained people, actually seem like one of the safest ways you can remove a tree.
 
electricity can be a son of a gun, i dont deal with line too much but when i do i hate my job that day. i give a lot of credit to the utility workers out there that have to deal with it every day, i thought that after being schooled in ehap that i would be more comfortable but its like watching jaws then going swimming, i still cringe when it comes to cleanin up lines
 
I have seen a coworker dead on a job site.

I have seen the results of the check valve failing on a 5 day old bucket truck. 50+ feet to the ground, broken ribs, concussion (my foreman).

I have reviewed a number of fatal and non-fatal accident scenes, pictures and video.

One of the scariest things that I have ever seen was the VP/Salesman Smoking pot with crew members at the shop. When I brought it to the attention of the owner of the company, they didn't care.

Needless to say I don't work there anymore.
 
For me the scariest thing on any job is people who by their own choice choose to be incompetent. Individuals who think that nothing will ever happen to them. Chance takers.

The other thing that is scary is employers that don't feel it necessary to help their employees get the proper training. Instead that let many of the new folks learn by trail and error. Often putting not only themselves at risk but many of the other individuals who are in the area.

It isn't the fall that kills you it is the sudden rate of deacceleration that kills you.

As for electricity - overhead eletrical power lines have no friends accept for the rate payer. I have personally lost a lot of friends who forgot to respect the force of the energized powerline.

Chippers command the same respect. Learn before operation or suffer the consequences.

People who don't pay attention and walk right into the work zone are also one of the things that can come up and bite you in the pocket book.

Run away logs and run away trucks should also be on the list of scary momments.

The one thing that should always be on the look out for are the individuals that think that they are John Wayne and can do anything even if others have turned down the job.

Their is no such thing as an unavoidable accident. Thing about it!

Really the scariest thing is getting up in the morning and knowing that I'm putting my life on the line each and every day so some one else won't have to risk their life.

I personally have fallen out of a tree, been in a tree that fell over, pulled a tree on top of myself been shocked by the eletric lines at least a half dozen times, had my sleves pulled on by the chipper , almost tipped a bucket over, had a half dozen limbs snap out from under me.Oh yes I have had my close calls but I don't blame anyone but myself for the close calls mostly because I had to learn many measures of safety on the job. It is important to always pay attention and observe others perform critical maneuvers first before taking on difficult challenges. If you don't learn for the mistakes of others then you are doomed to repeat them yourself. Their is a lesson to be learned in ever accident.

Robert
 
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I personally have fallen out of a tree, been in a tree that fell over, pulled a tree on top of myself been shocked by the eletric lines at least a half dozen times, had my sleves pulled on by the chipper , almost tipped a bucket over, had a half dozen limbs snap out from under me.Oh yes I have had my close calls

for goodness sakes...you got nine lives or what?
 
I'm just going to say people, human nature, greed, and ignorance. Power lines when left alone aren't dangerous. However when we decide to get too close to them out of greed...

Just like a couple of years ago I took down a DEAD maple tree that I had no business going up in. I didn't do it for the money, but instead because a friend at the time wouldn't wait for the power company to come do it, and I wanted to help.

A cherry tree a few years ago that I chickened out of... somebody else did it, sucessfully... but out of greed or ignorance.

Then there's always the stupidity of those around you who can either get themselves, or you SEVERELY hurt or killed. The scar above my right eye is proof of that.
 
Alright I'll bite I did a tree yesterday for an old friend of mine one of those that gives you nightmares rotten on the inside and soft sapwood and slipping bark.The only reason I did could do that tree was because right behind it was a nice solid blackcherry that I rope climbed to the top of set my climb line and worked from the top down on the dead one.I was sitting in my saddle not putting any weight in that dead tree.A tree like that will make you nervous.
 
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OK, now I get you.

Definitely the day down in NOLA when I was pulling some big hangers out of an oak. I poked my head out of the top of the canopy from and saw that I was waaay inside the minimum approach distance from some BIG primaries on Powerline Drive... worse yet, the tips I was standing on shifted a few inches toward the primaries while I was in them... it had just rained, it was not fun. I knew they were up there but didn't get how close until I was in the top of the tree. From the ground they looked pretty far away. It's really weird when you see those big bare cables up that close... they look both peaceful and menacing at the same time.

Then there are all those near misses driving to work... a few were probably scarier than the primaries but they happen so frequently I just don't remember them specifically... driving is about as dangerous as anything we do, probably more dangerous than anything we do.
 
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One of the scariest things that I have ever seen was the VP/Salesman Smoking pot with crew members at the shop. When I brought it to the attention of the owner of the company, they didn't care.

Needless to say I don't work there anymore.

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No doubt, a sign of the end times!
 
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One of the scariest things that I have ever seen was the VP/Salesman Smoking pot with crew members at the shop. When I brought it to the attention of the owner of the company, they didn't care.

Needless to say I don't work there anymore.

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No doubt, a sign of the end times!

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Once, I came in to the shop at the end of the day and the foreman had beer for EVERYBODY! I was so shocked I just went home. THEY stayed and drank beer and grilled sausage and chicken. I think they might have even smoked some of that weed stuff!
Of course, I quit them the very next day!
 
During a white pine hedge removal, where I tied in/out a lot.....I realized I forgot to clip one splice of my VT in..Doh. But since my rope was completly sapping it stuck to the rope, for how long, I dont know. My worst near miss.
 
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