AN EXCERPT FROM TCIA’S “BEST PRACTICES FOR STUMP GRINDER OPERATIONS IN ARBORICULTURE” – CHAPTER SIX. A stump grinder is a heavy-duty machine designed to cut the wood fibers of a tree stump and buttress roots using immense power from a spinning cutter wheel. The idea is to remove all visible traces of the woody tree […]
The first two items occurred in August 2021, but were not included in the Accident Briefs for the month of August in the October 2021 issue of TCI. Tree worker injured in 30-foot fall A tree and landscaping-company worker was injured in a 30-foot fall from a tree he was cutting August 3, 2021, in […]
Man electrocuted using pole saw A man died after he was shocked while trimming trees from a ladder August 13, 2021, near Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office reported that Noah Ness, 33, of Royalton, Minn., was standing on a ladder using a pole saw to cut branches from a tree when he made […]
Stay Out From Under a Raised Crane Pick Durante las operaciones de la grúa, el lugar de trabajo siempre está en acción. Se levantan grandes piezas de árboles desde el árbol hasta la zona de aterrizaje. Las minicargadoras u otras máquinas pueden colocar las piezas para cortarlas con una motosierra o introducirlas en una astilladora. […]
TCI EXPO, TCIA’s annual conference and trade show, will be held in person this fall, November 4-6 2021, in Indianapolis, Indiana. We’re giving you a peak at the product-debut platform, the TCI Magazine Unboxing Ring, that will be in the TCI Magazine booth on the show floor. As an example, one of the newer products […]
