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Man seriously hurt when tree limb falls on him outside Comm. Ave. car dealership
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I hope he makes a speedy recovery
BTW, I don't need the NECN twitter sensationalism bit -- "seriously hurt" is enough at this point.
It may not be sensationalism
It may not be sensationalism in some ways. Blood coming from the ears would be a very important piece of information to a trauma surgeon as it could suggest a very serious skull facture.
Is the trauma surgeon
Watching NECN before surgery? Otherwise, your point is moot.
Hey atleast they're not as
Hey atleast they're not as bad as ch.7 with the dramtic movie trailer guy. "Breaking news!..... When trees attack... You can be next..... Tune in at 11 to find out your destiny!"
Ch.7 would have an alliterative grabber, "Tree Trauma" etc.
n/t
worse
It was actually "dangerous drop". The lead sentence of the story was: "A dangerous drop occurred when a tree limb fell on a man's head." Too dimwitted and imbecilic to be believed. And still, I watched it.
oh no!
Anyone know what company they work for? I can't tell from the few photos I found & can't find any mention online.
Don't know, but ...
I just updated the post: The man was NOT one of the landscapers. He was some poor guy who just happened to be walking down the street.
The WBZ
link says it was Belmont Landscaping and the injured person is a Herb Chambers employee. I hope he'll be okay.
Thanks. Link must have been
Thanks. Link must have been updated. What an awful mistake or accident, whichever it was.
Safety Protocol?
What's the proper protocol for landscapers? Why didn't they barricade the sidewalk, or put up a caution sign to warn pedestrians?
they're going to be
they're going to be absolutely fucked, as there's literally zero reason why the area wasn't properly barricaded.
Tree removal is considered
Tree removal is considered very high risk, & yes, there are many safety protocols that apply as minimum requirements. I don't know if the crew was working over a public way, or if the weighty limb fell onto another structure (fence, roofline, bigger branch) on its way down, & it bounced off this into a public way. That is avoidable but not always foreseeable. Normally one lowers dangerously heavy wood with lines to control this in a public/trafficked area, but I don't know the circumstances here. (I assume the victim was on the sidewalk or other place where a person could normally be found; very rarely that is not the case.)
Trees that are being removed are often in states of breakage, advanced decay, or have poor form. So even in controlled circumstances with experienced crews, branches do not always wind up where they "should". I've seen weight pull cables in directions unexpectedly (hidden insect damage), or hidden hardware interfere with chain saw cuts (bolts become overgrown with bark), or snags interfere with guy lines. None of this "should" happen, of course, & safety training courses are design to avoid this & worse. But when dealing with living/decaying things, there are always surprises because we can't always see the "insides" of the tree.
Tree work related accidents & oversights can have horrifying consequences. I hope this victim recovers. I imagine the crew is shaken, too.