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Arboricultural Injuries and Fatalities
Man Suffocates after dead palm fronds slide down over him. Cali, 8/03
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<blockquote data-quote="rumination" data-source="post: 110930" data-attributes="member: 3882"><p>here's a little article from the Principes Journal of the Palm Society Vol.2, No.2 April 1958</p><p></p><p>PALM FRONDS SUFFOCATE MAN</p><p></p><p>Los Angeles, Dec. 10 - A man trimming a palm tree in a cemetery was suffocated when a mass of palm fronds slipped down the trunk of the tree and completely enveloped him.</p><p>The body of Melchor Vargas, 30, was found yesterday 40 feet up the tree under a huge circle of fronds that had been loosened by his trimming and had slipped down some six feet.</p><p>Vargas, father of six children, was still fastened in his safety belt. Investigators said the fronds, weighing several hundred pounds, had pinioned his arms. He apparently had been dead for several hours.</p><p></p><p></p><p>my guess is that the palm was a Washinigtonia, apparently this has happened before. not a pleasant way to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rumination, post: 110930, member: 3882"] here's a little article from the Principes Journal of the Palm Society Vol.2, No.2 April 1958 PALM FRONDS SUFFOCATE MAN Los Angeles, Dec. 10 - A man trimming a palm tree in a cemetery was suffocated when a mass of palm fronds slipped down the trunk of the tree and completely enveloped him. The body of Melchor Vargas, 30, was found yesterday 40 feet up the tree under a huge circle of fronds that had been loosened by his trimming and had slipped down some six feet. Vargas, father of six children, was still fastened in his safety belt. Investigators said the fronds, weighing several hundred pounds, had pinioned his arms. He apparently had been dead for several hours. my guess is that the palm was a Washinigtonia, apparently this has happened before. not a pleasant way to go. [/QUOTE]
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