Dripline.net

Sounds like they got trees to cut and replace and a lawsuit

Chemical gas burn for sure .

Andrew J. Hartz Sr.

Kane Mckill

Erick Saldivar Victor Gutierrez

😁😁😁😁

Devin Wade

Every year a couple dudes get it this way

Who laughs at this shit?

Ean Ian C. Hayes this isn’t you is it ? lol

Lack of experience I'd say no body should be getting trapped. Remove the old frongs that have been cut I know there's more mess but safer

Have trimmed thousands of palms here in Florida and this never happens. I think it is are humidity and the lack of humidity that causes this with dead fronds. Just a thought. Not sure if any scientific evidence is out there on this.

Need to srt over them and kick them then they fall down

Josh Hudson Look at video

Dump ass

I have always said don't make me mad, I could throw a whole tree at you. Well this guy did.

What a great opportunity for those who have grown up in the industry to get real world experience. As for the rest I pray their mentor is god-like in their foresight to prevent injury. Cause the dropzone is no place for greenies

Look at my profile picture. That is my 16 year old son. One of the hardest working, best trained young men I know. Him and his brother David far out work grown men. But they're not shorted on their pay checks neither. They get paid damn good. The best part is that they're open to training. And learning. They dont rhink they know everything. They listen and learn all that I am willing to teach them.

Highest fatalities and injuries with automobiles but I am sure putting them in the most dangerous and deadly profession's equipment will be totally different.

I’m sure they are just going to throw a 16 year old kid into the more dangerous positions😂 That’s what they pay the veterans to do! The teens will get lower pay and learn around for a while and most of them will quit the first few days.

My kids learned early. A skid steer at around 5. A mini excavator at 6-7 and a grapple truck at 7-8. They just play around the yard moving dirt and picking objects up. The neighbor has an issue with it but the city never said shit to us about it. My husband was mowing lawns for his neighbors in FL when he was 11 and hasn't stopped working since.

Let em work, sometimes when you're 16 you need the opportunity to make money like a man.

A very few rare snappers will only succeed at the challenge. I would have died for a vocational program that funneled us into the logging industry

It's not for all of them but will be the one my way for some of them.

Brian Green. So at 16 we had 10 years of experience 😂

Is he fucking wacked

The safety factors is the hell no. Good people that really know what they are doing get busted up sometimes. 16 is young to be hobbling around with disabilities not mention all the cheap shots. I say the risks kill the rewards on this one.

Like we don't already have enough fatalities in the tree industry weither it be logging or line clearance

God I hope not

Kids are gonna be getting killed left n right....

Its not for every kid. Most won't have the brains nor the fortitude. But some will. I work with my sons every day. They're well trained. And hard working young men. For the most part a lot of it will have to do with the training they recieve and the leadership that surrounds them. Just throwing them to the wolves and saying I hope you survive would be idiotic. But finding the right candidates and providing them with high level training could help break the cycle of basement dwelling, participation trophy, free loaders of this next generation

Hell No.......

Hell yeah, get to work mfs

They Must have some good insurance

Mixed feelings here. In a way right on, in another way hell no.

The job interview will be making them stand around In the parking lot, and see who instantly starts playing on their phone, and who whips out a cigg, doing both or just smoking, and who will just stand there, ready to go to work😊

The most dangerous industry in the county and they think lowering the level of brain development is going to help. Stupid. We have enough deaths. This man is advocating murder.

Daniel Day Barbara Marvel

If a limb is big enough to pull down the entire tree, the climber cut more than he should have. It’s a bad situation however it sounds like he was rushing the job and made a decision to remove a portion of the tree that was too much and ended up costing him his life.

I wonder how many expert witnesses were actually tree climbers.

Landscaping companies should stick to what they know and not drop the world on their guys to solve something that could kill everyone in a heartbeat. You cant just expose untrained ppl to the MANY MANY MANY MAAAANY dangers of tree work. This industry needs to be regulated much more strictly than it currently is. According to law ,any Joe can start a tree care company tmrow

If you are cutting a limb so big that ANY amount of slack creates enough force to break your tie in point you are cutting to big. Don't take the short cut, walk the limb and do it right. More training for the climber and groundsman could have helped avoid this incident. However, if I'm in a tree and take a short cut and it cost me my life, that's on me. No amount of regulation will change personal habits or poor decisions.

Where was his buck strap and climbing rope. It comes down to personal responsibility

I don’t agree with this outcome of the lawsuit.

Tim Moran

The details are sketchy I cant even begin with this one.

Looks like what are they do Notch and drop

Phil Belanger no names lol

Ben Satch, Patrick Byrum

The responsibility is on the climber. It sounds like a frivolous lawsuit and unfortunately the family was awarded money

He prolly a pretty good ol boy jus has fines

Derek Brandon Kevin James

And that's why we have OSHA

RIP

Improperly or poorly trained climbers. The United States has very little rules or laws governing tree service.. There are not enough details to figure out what went wrong. But that is exactly why every time a climber climbs he must set a lifeline because it helps him stay safe while he is working but when he becomes incompassesstated it is his Fastest and only way to the ground. If this man has a lifeline any climber could have installed a micro pulley above his friction knot.. secured his body and somebody from the ground could have put tension on the friction knot and they could have got him down safely.

Wtf ?? Why are these guys dying ,Why can't their co workers get them down? It's not impossible to get someone injured down.. My husband has saved couple guys lives..bout 40 ft up, his buddy cut the artery in his arm it was spurting all over with each heartbeat .He Stopped the bleeding and got him down .

Fire fighters should take a few tree climbing classes. The rescue tecne to get a climber Is different than what they are trained for. It shouldn't take hours to get them down.

Isa or tcia should have an investigative journalist to re-cover these stories from an arborist’s perspective. To ask the questions that we are all asking. Too hard to understand the scenario when told by a clueless reporter. An article the other day said the climber was “hit by a rope”.

Where were his coworkers? This is a very sad and preventable accident. Please ALWAYS wear chainsaw pants and never work alone while running a chainsaw in a tree. I'm so sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to his family.

Main reason to always have 2 climbers on a job. Be safe fellers

Better outlaw chainsaws thpse things are killing people

Quit hiring cocky know it all's ,who don't really know what they're doing.

Back in the day climbers were trained in an apprenticeship. They evolved to more difficult jobs under the trainer/s. These days climbers often drift from company to company (often misrepresenting their abilities) and when THEY think they are ready....they go into their own business...not sufficiently trained. Not to mention that every decent climber I have encountered in the last 40 or so years actually used drugs ON the job. Hey we could party with the best of em...but when work started..we showed up on time and did our job..sober. Kick back quadrant...the most important piece of information a sawyer could have to prevent saw injuries...either one handing or not. If I could give any info beyond the above as a now 48 years still climbing at 70 yrs. old...don't go beyond your capabilities and don't allow yourself to be pressured for time either by the boss or peer pressure from others on the job. Always play out the worse case scenario in your mind prior to attempting anything. Disaster happens blindingly fast.

This is the fourth death this weekend, what's going on?

Stephen Grzemkowski

My heart is with the family. Everyone on the tree care industry needs to put safety first and look out for one another.

Jaimes Muller

And I’m sorry to hear about yet another death in our industry

OMG, how many people die cutting trees. year in America? What are the stats? Soon in Australia we will have to have a licence to climb one and other countries just to buy a chainsaw! Every day I swear on dripline someone dies cutting a tree somewhere in America.

Chuck Dizzle Jake Walbert

My home town

Wtf guys be careful. Teach your climbers that saws can kick back and kill you

Unfortunately I have rarely been on crews with climbers trained in aerial rescue and most times there's only one climber on a job period. Competitive market doesn't provide enough money on jobs for 2 climbers let alone 2 formally trainer climbers.

Sorry to say that's why you hire an accredited company look at reviews pictures/videos from their years of experience homeowners please hire a professional Green Arbor Masters call 720-629-9855 thank you

This is exactly why you should practice hurt man rescues.

Sounds like maybe a rig line somehow went across him with a heavy load attached?

R.I.P. prayers to the family

Prayers.

Prayers going up.

God Bless

V sad. Love to his family and friends.

God bless him trying to make a living and God bless his family or a very grieving right now.

R.I.P brother

So sorry to hear.

Rest in peace brother, my thoughts and prayers are with your family!!

Brodie Torrens Jaiden Axisa Shane Spencer

RIP man

RIP YOUNGSTER!! Smh rope?? And Why wasnt somebody there that didnt knw how to do aerial rescue?? 😡😡

Prayers to the family

Nick Ritz careful brother

Prayers for family

Another stuck by!! If a job is beyond your capabilities, walk away or all for help. Lots of climbing contractors it there

That's not far from me. I wish there was more detail.

So sorry! The takeaway is smaller cuts! They're actually faster as well as safer. I hope we all can learn from this. Very sad, prayers to his family

How was there nothing the co-worker could do? He should have been able to get him to the ground at least.... I'm confused what being struck by a rope means....

Leejay N Casey Johnson Send me to the aerial rescue class please

Dillon Hohl

What exactly besides harass the public will DEP do , change my mind ...

Hahahaha haha!!!!!!!!!!😂🤣🤪😅 holy hell! Are industry is a freaking joke!!! Prove me wrong

What a joke

No way cinching will really suck with those

Scott Miller

Idk how much I'd trust this. I stick my feet in some tight crotches 😂😂😂

**Punches dick to stay down**

Trying to get that tight is going to suck

Well I'll take my chances and I'll order a pair

Josh Hood

Drip line. At the bottom of the article it says you can get them here. As in drip line

I’m trying to contact y’all through your email. But when I do Clickbait stuff keeps popping up. Could you please send out an actual phone number so we can talk to human being. I’m interested in these. TIA

I certainly do not want plastic quick connect buckles on my spurs. Nothing in this industry should be about speed...

I'm not a fan of the buckle system due to several failures of the same style system on body harnesses that we use. Lobes break off, frost impedes function. Inspecting your gear is always a must, but I won't knowingly choose a system that has higher fail rate.

Wtf?? I just bought new straps for my spurs and now this ??

Jacob Odell

David Hayward

Daren Snyder

About time.

Thought bout this idea ten years ago when wearing swat gear . But no one wanted to hear it .

Tom Duncan

A load of shit as you want to tighten down the straps.. do h a buckle up around your boots would be nightmare