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Safety

  • Checking the vehicle’s fluids before heading out
    April 1, 2024

    Your Toughest Climb Might Be Into the Driver’s Seat

    By KOREY CONRY, CTSP

    A tree worker’s guide to arriving safely to the job (while driving) We work in an industry where there are many safety factors in play – from working around faulty trees to working around power lines that could end your [...]

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  • Meghan Schiereck/Unsplash
    April 1, 2024

    Insights Into Accidents in Tree Care

    By Peter Gerstenberger

    While it requires making some assumptions, recent fatality data indicates the rate of on-the-job deaths in the tree care industry may be as much as 11 times those of other industries. Meghan Schiereck/Unsplash There were 5,486 fatal work injuries recorded [...]

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  • The hierarchy of controls is a risk-management tool
    April 10, 2024

    PPE – Overkill, or Not Enough?

    By Tim Ayers CUSP

    Everyone has become familiar with the term PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) over the past few years. Primarily, that comes from the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. So many news stations were telling us to mask up if we value life, while [...]

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  • Figure 1. A sample risk-assessment matrix. Courtesy of the author
    April 10, 2024

    Improving Safety Culture in the Tree Care Industry

    By ANDREA SIMONIN

    The tree care industry faces many challenges regarding safety. From working at heights to working around power lines, and from using heavy machinery and chain saws to driving, tree care workers are involved daily in many high-risk activities. Injuries from [...]

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  • People with low skills and knowledge of a task often overestimate their ability to accomplish it. TCIA graphic.
    April 10, 2024

    The Dunning-Kruger Effect and Educating Clients

    By John Ball, Ph.D., BCMA, CTSP

    Everyone providing pruning or removal quotes has come across this situation. You pull up to the next appointment at a house in a well-wooded neighborhood. The homeowner greets you with slight disdain as you meet at the door. You walk [...]

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