Wall of Shame: Wannabe Experts

[CurSedVoyce]

Bad one

 

[flushcut]

That looked like he got whallopped on the head. No evidence of consciousness after that.

He looked like a rag doll hanging there so I’m gonna say he was out cold.

 

[Mick!]

Yes, saw that on FB, serious stuff, very nasty.

 

[cory]

All the folks I've heard of getting f'd by falling out of the bucket with no harness, this vid shows exactly how it happens

 

[cory]

So, I'm not happy someone had a serious mishap but given the music here, wasn't sure whether to post here or the Funny vid thread...

 

[flushcut]

Ouch!

 

[Nutball]

 

[treesmith]

Can’t verify, but I saw in the comments on the video Cory posted of the dude getting thrown from the bucket that he lost his left arm at the shoulder and broke several other bones.

 

[flushcut]

Lost his arm!

 

[Nutball]

His arm looked salvageable in the vid. Wonder what happened.

 

[flushcut]

Maybe wrapped up in the safety and suspension trauma choked it out. Hopefully he wasn’t hanging that long.

 

[davidwyby]

That account is entertaining

And educational

 

[cory]

That looked like he got whallopped on the head. No evidence of consciousness after that.

A slightly wider view here. Looks like he got hit on the head at the same moment the rest of the top hit the upper boom. Wearing a harness but no hardhat, damn. Nice looking bucket truck.

 

[pigwot]

Physics at play there:

F= ma

That large a mass, even at a slow acceleration delivered a massive force to his unprotected skull. Wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t survive. At the least he’d likely have suffered spinal compression injuries, possible meningeal tearing, and if his skull was fractured the sudden intense intracranial pressure might well have resulted in an instantaneous uncal herniation*, and no one survives that without life-altering consequences, if they survive it at all.

Then again since the bucket was free to move he was perhaps not taking the full force as he would have if he was on a static platform (on the ground), which alleviates some of the worst of these described downsides…

*(Uncal herniation occurs when the pressure in the skull forces the brain matter down into the brainstem.The brainstem is a vital part of the brain, responsible for controlling essential bodily functions like breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and the sleep-wake cycle. Prognosis is poor for even a short period of herniation).

 

[flushcut]

I hope he has a full recovery. Lots of wrong in that video but still he’s out there doing it.

 

[cory]

@pigwot good info. As I read your post was wondering what the uncal stuff was (didn't see your apostrophe) and sure enough you went on to explain it.

Yeah that was a hella wreck. Not wearing a hard hat is no bueno but certain things make me think he had some skills- nice bucket truck and wheeled loader on site indicate good equipment/not fly by nite. And the harness indicates a level of awareness. The way he feathered the saw throttle near the end indicates to me a level of familiarity and experience with tree cutting. Perhaps there was some hidden rot in the far side.

 

[SeanKroll]

Not goodbuse of an elevator or loader.