prayers for Rob Thigpen

[murphy4trees]

I just heard yesterday that a wll known top climber around here, Rob Thigpen, fell somewhere around 40' and broke his wrist pretty bad. Not sure of the details, though I heard he was transferring from one tree to the next while working at his own house. He runs a business and has a family to take care of... Hope he recovers well. Your prayers and good thoughts are appreciated.

Also heard of a second local fall in the same week. Boom failure on a bucket truck... The guy got busted up really badly, hip and leg. He's lucky to be alive as 6% of arborist fatalities are from boom failure (check those cables) according to some of Tim Walsh's research..

Be careful... Work safely

 

[Dadatwins]

Terrible to hear about anyone getting hurt in this biz, hope the guy recovers from injury.
Any other details about bucket failure? type of unit?

 

[xander9727]

Bad time of year to get injured (not that there is a good time)! Hope the injuries are less severe than they anticipate. Our industry doesn't have a lot of "desk jobs" that guys can do while they are injured. I'll say a prayer for them.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

One of our line crew bucket boom cracked and sagged last week, 3rd of its type to do it in the company in 2 years, not good

 

[murphy4trees]

I talked to Rob yesterday... said he fell 35' and only broke a wrist.. cast is coming off soon.. he's OK... plans on competing in the penn del western chapter TCC, cause it'll give him more time to get back in shape..