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chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
Last edited by mcds on October 16th, 2014, 7:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
Wow! I can't believe someone caught the elusive Splintercat in action.
Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
Ever snapped spaghetti? Bear charging a standing dead snag sounds like a quick path to severe head trauma...
Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
Yep. A trail worker was killed a few years ago when the crew, without tools, pulled down a leaning snag. It was on the east coast, iirc. I can't locate the webpages and email archives that described it. Here is a somewhat more recent tragedy that is still on the interwebs.
Accident: 200470482 - Volunteer Trail Worker Is Struck And Killed By Falling Tree
Report ID: 0253620
Event Date: 05/10/2012
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on May 10, 2012, an employee was working for the Finger Lakes Trail Conference. The employee was a volunteer member of the Allegany Catskill (Alley Cat) trail maintenance crew. Members of the Alley Cat crew were performing trail clearing duties. The incident occurred on the Pelnor Hollow Trail, in the Delaware Wild Forest, in the Town of Colchester, NY. Another member of the volunteer detail was operating a chainsaw to cut a tree that was hung up across the Pelnor Hollow Trail path. As the tree that was hung up fell, it struck another dead tree, which fell into the crotch of a black cherry tree. The top of the dead tree broke off, and a branch approximately 4 inches (100 millimeters) in diameter struck the employee in the back of his head. He sustained severe head trauma. He had not been operating the chainsaw. He was not wearing head protection at the time of the incident. Finger Lakes Trail Conference Alley Cat volunteers on scene attended to the employee, sent a runner on foot for assistance, used a cellular phone to call emergency services, and activated a satellite SOS device. Emergency medical services, New York State troopers, and state Department of Environmental Conservation workers arrived at approximately 1:00 p.m. The employee was hiked out of the trail. At approximately 3:00 p.m., he was airlifted to Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, NY, on an emergency medical helicopter. The employee died from the massive head trauma at Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY, on May 11, 2012.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/accidents ... =200470482
Accident: 200470482 - Volunteer Trail Worker Is Struck And Killed By Falling Tree
Report ID: 0253620
Event Date: 05/10/2012
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on May 10, 2012, an employee was working for the Finger Lakes Trail Conference. The employee was a volunteer member of the Allegany Catskill (Alley Cat) trail maintenance crew. Members of the Alley Cat crew were performing trail clearing duties. The incident occurred on the Pelnor Hollow Trail, in the Delaware Wild Forest, in the Town of Colchester, NY. Another member of the volunteer detail was operating a chainsaw to cut a tree that was hung up across the Pelnor Hollow Trail path. As the tree that was hung up fell, it struck another dead tree, which fell into the crotch of a black cherry tree. The top of the dead tree broke off, and a branch approximately 4 inches (100 millimeters) in diameter struck the employee in the back of his head. He sustained severe head trauma. He had not been operating the chainsaw. He was not wearing head protection at the time of the incident. Finger Lakes Trail Conference Alley Cat volunteers on scene attended to the employee, sent a runner on foot for assistance, used a cellular phone to call emergency services, and activated a satellite SOS device. Emergency medical services, New York State troopers, and state Department of Environmental Conservation workers arrived at approximately 1:00 p.m. The employee was hiked out of the trail. At approximately 3:00 p.m., he was airlifted to Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, NY, on an emergency medical helicopter. The employee died from the massive head trauma at Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY, on May 11, 2012.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/accidents ... =200470482
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Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
Well, "tool" certainly applies.mcds wrote:minimum tool:
Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
i was almost tempted to leave my first youtube comment ever.
All I can say is thank <insert deity name here> this yahoo lives in the east. If they lived anywhere west of the mississippi they'd be videoing themselves trundling rocks off mountains. Almost like toxoplasmosis, a parasite that changes behavior, I'm sure he's given himself a concussion or 20...which probably reinforces the interest in bear charging (great, accurate term) dead trees.
All I can say is thank <insert deity name here> this yahoo lives in the east. If they lived anywhere west of the mississippi they'd be videoing themselves trundling rocks off mountains. Almost like toxoplasmosis, a parasite that changes behavior, I'm sure he's given himself a concussion or 20...which probably reinforces the interest in bear charging (great, accurate term) dead trees.
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Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
Exactly what Charley said!
Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
Lurch wrote:
mcds wrote: minimum tool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmlInq5vKac
encore:
yet another, oh, creative way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR4qDg0QGik
Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKJbMe6VCxU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW2UvW6xLP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpwZ6c6ykNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW2UvW6xLP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpwZ6c6ykNk
Re: chainsaws and trail conditions in wilderness areas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMzzm-o9z-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=431SO_VqkiE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=431SO_VqkiE