A fall ends sadly in fatality and a saw vs chest.
This lifted from local arb site from last March Victoria Australia.
March 25, 2009 - 2:02PM
Two men cutting down trees are in hospital after being seriously injured in separate accidents, one involving a chainsaw, in Victoria.
A 59-year-old Jacana man, in Melbourne's west, was trimming the branches of a tree on his property with a chainsaw when it kicked back and slashed him across the chest about 1pm.
The man was able to lower himself to the ground and call an ambulance.
`The man was understandably in significant pain, and was also given a large amount of pain relief through (a) drip," intensive care paramedic Rob Voss said.
The man was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with chest injuries in a serious but stable condition.
In a separate incident, a tree lopper working in Tyabb, on the Mornington Peninsula, is in a critical condition after falling 20 metres from a tree.
Paramedics found the 34-year-old lying on logs on the ground when they arrived just after 11am.
"Paramedics were concerned about an unstable tree branch near where the man had been working, so we had to move him out of danger," intensive care paramedic Sean Black said.
"A neck brace was fitted given the potential for spinal injuries, and he was strapped to a spine board."
The man suffered head injuries, extensive internal injuries and fractures and was flown to The Alfred hospital.
He later died the link gives more detail and some pictures of tree fall site.
http://www.#########.info/f9/2-serious-injuries-victoria-7562.html
This lifted from local arb site from last March Victoria Australia.
March 25, 2009 - 2:02PM
Two men cutting down trees are in hospital after being seriously injured in separate accidents, one involving a chainsaw, in Victoria.
A 59-year-old Jacana man, in Melbourne's west, was trimming the branches of a tree on his property with a chainsaw when it kicked back and slashed him across the chest about 1pm.
The man was able to lower himself to the ground and call an ambulance.
`The man was understandably in significant pain, and was also given a large amount of pain relief through (a) drip," intensive care paramedic Rob Voss said.
The man was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with chest injuries in a serious but stable condition.
In a separate incident, a tree lopper working in Tyabb, on the Mornington Peninsula, is in a critical condition after falling 20 metres from a tree.
Paramedics found the 34-year-old lying on logs on the ground when they arrived just after 11am.
"Paramedics were concerned about an unstable tree branch near where the man had been working, so we had to move him out of danger," intensive care paramedic Sean Black said.
"A neck brace was fitted given the potential for spinal injuries, and he was strapped to a spine board."
The man suffered head injuries, extensive internal injuries and fractures and was flown to The Alfred hospital.
He later died the link gives more detail and some pictures of tree fall site.
http://www.#########.info/f9/2-serious-injuries-victoria-7562.html
