Two employee deaths-on site. Plus one..

[Shaun Bowler]

Within the last few years a Pacifica, California tree service/OWNER experienced two employees killed at seperate work sites MONTHS APART!
Today as I read my Tree Care Industry Magazine;I see in the ("Accident Brief page 44") again another worker SERIOULY INJURED.
I believe the same Pacifica, CA tree service is invovlved.
How can this happen?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Production over safety.

Tree Mishap Injures Worker at Tam Valley Home - Mill Valley, CA Patch

Is all I could find, a struck by injury in Jan. Timberwood Tree Service of Pacifica

I found this TCIA report while looking around.

“If tree workers knew that at least one person was killed while chipping every two weeks or so, they might be more inclined to quit standing on the feed table and begin working in a safer manner,” the report states.

 

[flushcut]

The site must be cursed.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Searching the company Shaun mentioned renders a lot of hits that speak to them being the low-cost leader in the area. Could there be a cause? I've never seen them work, much less heard of them. It seems that they are specializing in large and difficult removals.....

 

[Treetom]

50 lb limb, coupla inches from killin' the kid, but....

Alper said. "It wasn't any big deal."

 

[prentice110]

Whacha s'pose there work comp rates look like?

 

[jefflovstrom]

I've never heard of them.
Jeff:msp_confused:

 

[pdqdl]

Whacha s'pose there work comp rates look like?

Death or big injuries aren't that bad for your WC, since the formula for calculating the experience mod caps all losses at $5,000.00.

What really runs the rates up is multiple $5k injuries, and the formula pulverizes the employer for having lots of little claims, too.

From the folks that cost us all money: https://www.ncci.com/NCCIMain/Education/ExperienceRating/Pages/default.aspx

http://websrvr92va.audiovideoweb.com/va92web25048/ExpRatingWorksheet5/worksheet5.html

 

[Shaun Bowler]

If you have tree business in the SF Bay Area at least 65% of your work comes from big tree pruning and removals.
Big Euc, Cypress, and Pines, Doug Firs and Redwoods. Especially on the ocean side of SF Bay.
Ornimental work is Coast Live Oaks.

 

[Shaun Bowler]

Now that you are back,
Is there going to be a reunion?
By the way, have you seen Joe DiMaggio?:msp_cool:

 

[Shaun Bowler]

My last reply was to a "member"-jlennon from the Philipenes, or whatever they call it.
I received a request via my yahoo email that a comment was posted here and I responded.
I do not see it here as I would usually..
WTF?

 

[Toddppm]

It probably got deleted because he was just a link spammer posting BS.