SlicedBread22
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http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2014/10/25/man-falls-30-feet-off-ladder
I was there for this.. this man did not just fall off a ladder. I work for a tree service company, we were working next door taking down trees in the back yard next to this one. The guys doing the job were just friends trying to help someone out by taking down their trees for them. He was about 15-20 feet up on the ladder cutting the tree to blow the top out but was doing it wrong. We told him not to cut the tree the way he was, told him that he was doing it wrong and that the tree would kick back and hit the ladder. He came down, but in another minute thought he knew better and proceeded to do it anyway. I don't know why he didn't listen, stubborn I suppose, but that mistake nearly cost him his life. When he cut it the tree came down and had a springboard effect because of landing on the smaller limbs from the top of the tree. It went straight back at the ladder the gentlemen was standing on and hit him in the head, throwing him violently to the ground and going right through about 5 rungs on the ladder. I thought he was dead. He's lucky he survived, the piece that hit him was probably about 50 feet long and nearly a foot wide at the end that hit him. Me along with 3 or 4 other people rushed to him and saw that he was very badly injured. I will not get into the details of that because it was not pleasant at all, something I wish I had never seen. I did what I could to help. I took the shirt off my back and held it to his head while waiting for emergency response. Even with 4 or 5 of us holding him down he kept trying to get up, he had a lot of fight in him, he was in shock I assume and didn't realize he had a terrible head injury. I think that was a good sign that he had that much fight in him though, he was able to tell paramedics his name, the date, his address etc before being air lifted to Hamilton. I am hopeful that he is alright, and I pray for this man and his family as they go through this. It could easily have gone much worse. I wish I had never seen what I did but I'm glad I was able to help in some way. A very tough lesson learned on the dangers of heights and working with trees and to listen to professionals when your working in such a dangerous environment. I work with trees every day and I hate that this happened, hate that I saw it happen, I saw first hand what can go wrong if you're not safe and you are not educated on the subject. This story does not begin to describe what happened, it was a tragic event that will most likely change this man's life forever. All I can hope is that he is okay and that others can learn from his mistake and be more than safe when working around trees and especially at heights. I will continue to pray for this man as he hopefully makes a full recovery.
I was there for this.. this man did not just fall off a ladder. I work for a tree service company, we were working next door taking down trees in the back yard next to this one. The guys doing the job were just friends trying to help someone out by taking down their trees for them. He was about 15-20 feet up on the ladder cutting the tree to blow the top out but was doing it wrong. We told him not to cut the tree the way he was, told him that he was doing it wrong and that the tree would kick back and hit the ladder. He came down, but in another minute thought he knew better and proceeded to do it anyway. I don't know why he didn't listen, stubborn I suppose, but that mistake nearly cost him his life. When he cut it the tree came down and had a springboard effect because of landing on the smaller limbs from the top of the tree. It went straight back at the ladder the gentlemen was standing on and hit him in the head, throwing him violently to the ground and going right through about 5 rungs on the ladder. I thought he was dead. He's lucky he survived, the piece that hit him was probably about 50 feet long and nearly a foot wide at the end that hit him. Me along with 3 or 4 other people rushed to him and saw that he was very badly injured. I will not get into the details of that because it was not pleasant at all, something I wish I had never seen. I did what I could to help. I took the shirt off my back and held it to his head while waiting for emergency response. Even with 4 or 5 of us holding him down he kept trying to get up, he had a lot of fight in him, he was in shock I assume and didn't realize he had a terrible head injury. I think that was a good sign that he had that much fight in him though, he was able to tell paramedics his name, the date, his address etc before being air lifted to Hamilton. I am hopeful that he is alright, and I pray for this man and his family as they go through this. It could easily have gone much worse. I wish I had never seen what I did but I'm glad I was able to help in some way. A very tough lesson learned on the dangers of heights and working with trees and to listen to professionals when your working in such a dangerous environment. I work with trees every day and I hate that this happened, hate that I saw it happen, I saw first hand what can go wrong if you're not safe and you are not educated on the subject. This story does not begin to describe what happened, it was a tragic event that will most likely change this man's life forever. All I can hope is that he is okay and that others can learn from his mistake and be more than safe when working around trees and especially at heights. I will continue to pray for this man as he hopefully makes a full recovery.
