FSburt
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Man Suffocates after dead palm fronds slide down over him.
Was reading the paper yester day and here is this article about a climber getting pinned against the stem by 800 pounds of dry fronds. Sound like he was up 45 ft and was trimming from the bottom and the vibrations caused the fronds to slide down the stem like a donut down a shaft. He was pinned between the stem and the branches. This happened around 3 pm. Firefighters were dispatched a 3:14 pm. A fire truck arrived at 3:46 pm but could not retyieve him with a the ladder becaouse it was deemed inappropiate for the task. At 4 pm a Climber from Visalia arived and made the body recovery in about 5 minutes. Sounds like this is not the first time this has happened around here Batt cheif made comment about 10 12 other incidents in Tulare, Fresno and Kings counties. I have never worked on palms but souds like they are pretty sketchy. Unfortunate the deceses was 31 yrs old.
Was reading the paper yester day and here is this article about a climber getting pinned against the stem by 800 pounds of dry fronds. Sound like he was up 45 ft and was trimming from the bottom and the vibrations caused the fronds to slide down the stem like a donut down a shaft. He was pinned between the stem and the branches. This happened around 3 pm. Firefighters were dispatched a 3:14 pm. A fire truck arrived at 3:46 pm but could not retyieve him with a the ladder becaouse it was deemed inappropiate for the task. At 4 pm a Climber from Visalia arived and made the body recovery in about 5 minutes. Sounds like this is not the first time this has happened around here Batt cheif made comment about 10 12 other incidents in Tulare, Fresno and Kings counties. I have never worked on palms but souds like they are pretty sketchy. Unfortunate the deceses was 31 yrs old.