Incident
struck by broken limb / laceration
Date of incident
2022-09-28
Location of incident
new hope pa United States
Age of impacted party
57
Outcome
Minor injury
Type of incident
Cut body part, Struck by tree part
Type of equipment involved
Rigging rope
Type of injury
Cut/Laceration
Bodily injury to
Head/neck
Action taken
First aid administered (not by medical professional), Onsite Medical Professional assistance
Involvement of contributor
Worker performing task
Weather
Sunny/mostly sunny
Causes of the incident
Part tree failure
Description of incident
Uprooting white pine, maneuvering a rigging rope around the trunk where a limb under slight tension from another tree was touching the leaning tree, about 15 feet high. Was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses but looking straight up when it broke. Never saw it break, just heard a pop and then it seemed like it immediately struck my hard hat and forehead. Although, with 25 years experience, I am aware that white pine limbs are brittle, for some reason I wasn’t anticipating that a limb could break just by maneuvering a rope past it.
Contributing factors
talking to customer, extreme brittleness of species (white pine ).
Incident review and preventative measures
I will definitely anticipate this next time
Form completed by (optional)
Paul Lanctot