Newbie, greenhorn, apprentice, #$@!%# new guy – we all know the terminology for the newly hired person on your crew. What was your first day on the job like? Was there an orientation and safety training, or were you stuck [...]

Do you see a pile of gear or a pile of PPE? This is the second part of a two-part article on PPE by the author. The first, “What PPE Must an Employer Provide?” ran in the April 2022 issue [...]

The fall protection the climber on the left is wearing is a climbing saddle with an attached upper-body harness; the lift operator on the right has a full-body harness. Both are compliant for their respective applications. Photos courtesy of SavATree. [...]

Photo 1: One of the keys to navigating the canopy successfully is to be able to work with both hands. Sounds simple, but in many situations, hanging on with one hand while cutting with the other can lead to a [...]

“Sorry about your fence.” Have you ever uttered these words to a client? Yeah, me too. It could have been a fence, birdbath, gutter, roof or solar panel. The list of what is under trees and also breakable is quite [...]