Tree worker
incident database
Fill out our simple 'Tree worker incident form' and play your part in improving the safety of our industry with our crowd-sourced data.
The Arboriculture industry statistically is one of the most dangerous professions in the world. It is imperative that the health and safety within our industry keeps evolving. It is our responsibility as Arborists to implement the safe work practices on our job sites, to wear all relevant PPE, to train apprentices and new hires in the correct way without allowing bad habits and potentially dangerous techniques.
We need to analyze our own incidents, learn from them, and figure out where mistakes were made and how the incident can be avoided/prevented in the future. We have to share these stories and experiences with our colleagues, and if possible to an even broader audience through social media and industry events.
Our goal is to create the most comprehensive 'Tree Worker incident database' that includes close calls and injuries. This database outlines the type of injury, the cause, a detailed description of the incident, factors leading to the incident and what could have been changed to avoid the injury (in the opinion of the contributor).
Back to the Incidents Overview
| Date of incident | 05/05/1991 |
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| Incident | Yale Cordage Wire Core Flip Line |
| Location of incident | Atherton, California Canada Map It |
| Age of impacted party | 30 |
| Outcome | Serious injury |
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| Involvement of contributor | Worker performing task |
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| Description of incident | Metal fatigue on the cable inside the rope where it was crimped at the end and not visible. |
| Contributing factors | Not tied in with 2 lines, which became a standard after my incident and another a month earlier in Australia. |
| Incident review and preventative measures | unforeseeable incident, finishing a 5 day job about 12:45 p.m. starting up an 80' Redwood @ 15' I was hand sawing the lowest limb to my left side with both hands and on the pull back the flip line failed and I did a head dive backwards into the base of another Redwood my co-worker was in a ripped my neck so far forward it almost killed me, herniated discs in my neck and lower back, major trauma, PTSD. |
| Link to media | http://TheNeckOfTheWoods.com |
| Form completed by (optional) | Eddie Farquharson |
| First | Eddie |
| Last | Farquharson |