Incident
Serious rope burning
Date of incident
2022-09-23
Location of incident
Hamilton New Zealand New Zealand
Age of impacted party
35
Outcome
Serious Injury
Type of incident
Other, Struck by equipment
Type of equipment involved
Rigging rope
Type of injury
Other
Bodily injury to
Upper limb
Action taken
First aid administered (not by medical professional), Offsite Medical Professional assistance, Post-incident physiotherapy
Involvement of contributor
Worker performing task
Weather
High winds
Causes of the incident
Complacency, Weather, Bad work positioning, Act of nature
Description of incident
Was up a poplar . Was rigging a large branch off and it came off the wrong way due to the wind and trapped my arm between the rigging line and my lanyard . The groundsman didn’t see and let it run.
Contributing factors
Weather,communication
Incident review and preventative measures
Trust your gut i wanted to put a tag line on it but other people (with more experience ) told me it will be fine
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Justin