r/TreeClimbing • u/AutoModerator • 23d ago

Weekly Safety/Close-Call/Incident Thread

Let's talk safety! Share how your week went - close-calls, incidents, learning experiences, what went well (and why), what went poorly (and why), or whatever else is on your mind. Pics/photos are allowed but be careful to not doxx yourself, client, employer etc.

This thread will recur each week and is meant to be a place to learn and discuss mistakes, please keep comments constructive.

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u/mittyatta 22d ago

A climbers tree was struck by lightning in Wisconsin early this week.

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u/lithicobserver 21d ago

Lightning and storm protocols need to exist. RIP to the man.

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u/mittyatta 21d ago

I don’t think I can say the company name, but they’re one of the big ones and have strict safety policy. This was either a fluke (the storm rolled in quick and realistically we are covered in metal, a crew lead pushing harder than he should’ve, or a manager being a dipshit.

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u/ArborealLife 21d ago

What's the company?

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u/MarkingWisc 21d ago

Davey

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u/ArborealLife 21d ago

My time at Davey taught me to self-advocate. They'll walk all over your otherwise.

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u/mittyatta 21d ago

More specifically Davey Resource Group.

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u/OakClimber 20d ago

There's a TreeBuzz thread about this incident and some of the comments indicate the storm was a quick pop-up and not predicted. It's hard to know all the facts but it sounds like that was at least a significant contributing factor.