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Yesterday, a young man who has been a great help to me at times, putting up signs, fell from his bucket...about 40 feet in the air.
He is a tree surgeon by trade, but has always been there to help out. He broke his back, and both legs...we still don't know the extent of these and whatever internal injuries he might have suffered.
Please say a little prayer for Jason.
-------------------- Dale Feicke Grafix 714 East St. Mendenhall, MS 39114
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Thoughts and prayers go out for Jason. Falls are no fun.
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my wifes nephew did the same thing. was working for a co. that did traffic signal repair. he was in the bucket fixing a light, and a car hit the PARKED bucket truck!!!!!! darrel was pitched outa the bucket, and landed in the grassy road divider. legs and hips was a mess........today he is fine. he will come thru it.........got my prayers.......
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Being in my 30' ladder truck yesterday and a boom lift today, I can feel how bad a fall can be. he's got my prayers...
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Having spent a good part of my life, hanging out of boom trucks and aerial ladders, I wish nothing but complete recovery for the boy in question. IT IS SO EASY to make a mistake while in the air...and it makes it even more important to think about safety when you read about accidents on a forum like this.
Tell Jason I said to call me sometime...I can relate.
-------------------- Jeff Ogden 8727 NE 68 Terr. Gainesville FL, 32609 Posts: 2138 | From: 8827 NE 68 Terr Gainesville Fl 32609 | Registered: Aug 2002
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Jason, may you feel His presence and know that He sees you right where you are now, and He is able to do exceedingly above all you can ask or think . . .
Dale, keep us posted about Jason. As Jeff so aptly stated, it could be (and has been) any one of us any time. The rare down-side of such trades as ours (and some others) is the dangerous nature. At times like this, you think back to all the unavoidable hazardous situations you've been in as well as some of the chances we take in our experience & confidence. Sometimes, when you forget to respect & have a little fear of danger, or tools & equipment . . . that's when you get hurt.
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Thanks for the well-wishes and prayers. I will make sure Jason knows he has blessings from all over.
He had surgery on his back yesterday, to fuse several vertebra; I was told it's still too soon to know for sure if there's any permanent nerve or spinal cord damage. He'll have to have some surgery on one leg too.
Like Jeff said, I've also spent many hours hanging from a bucket or ladder, sometimes at nite, sometimes in proximity of electric wires, and sometimes when it was raining or snowing. It gets to be second nature to go up on a boom, and we can get to taking it for granted. Jason was cutting some top branches off a big tree. One fell and hit the front edge of his bucket, throwing him out.
When we are young, we are indestructible. We tend to think little about how precious and fragile life can be. Jason's a good guy, and I'll continue to pray that the Lord will heal him and bring him complete recovery.
-------------------- Dale Feicke Grafix 714 East St. Mendenhall, MS 39114
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The examples of what can happen from a bucket truck shows how important it is to wear safety equipment. I know it can be a hassle at times, but I never go up high without my harness and lanyard securely fastened.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5397 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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A few years ago in a nearby town a young man in his early 20's was sent out on his own by his boss to replace some bulbs in a 60' tall sign. He had been with the company for less than a year. The cabinet was pretty large and to access the bulbs you had to crawl inside. Whoever built the cabinet never put in a catwalk.
The guy never put on a harness. When he climbed inside the cabinet he stepped where he shouldn't and fell through landing on top of the truck killing him.
OSHA shut the shop down and the victim's parents sued.
I found out later from a former employee that the guy had received no safety training. I was also told that the guy who owned the shop was not the original owner but that he had just bought it a couple years earlier when the original owner retired. He said that the original owner was a stickler for safety and sent repair crews out in groups of two. The new owner thought he could be more competitive in pricing if he reduced the teams down to one man each.
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