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Old 21st April 2008, 06:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
JohN Dee
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Default Re: Yet another death...... RIP

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Originally Posted by Ekka
he was felling the top out but somehow it got caught in his harness. Now that is the part that needs looking into.
I'd say from an educated guess, he tried a straight through cut. Doesn't cut fast enough, tears a strip down, pins him against the trunk and if he was cutting from the side through he could have definately jammed his leg in that... If they said it was a pine, it would almost be a certainty.

I feel sorry for his family, but sadly I think this is yet another victim of working in trees without prior training or just being lazy and following bad technique.
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