@@FauxQue-yk8dtor maybe since he was trapped under these heavy palm fronds he died due to compression and not being able to expand his rib cage. So maybe he died from the tree .
@@lindaparker1043another comment said this tree had a large skirt of dead palm fronds. He was tied to the tree and cut the base of the dead fronds, but this caused them to slide down as one big weight and crush him against the trunk.
@@lindaparker1043 they suffocate or get crushed. The skirt collapses and they become encased in the tree and can’t move. Years ago I was watching them try to rescue someone. They were showing it live. After cutting away for a long time they finally reached the man and he popped out and then was bent over backwards as his lower body was still stuck. He was covered in the dust from inside the tree. You couldn’t even see his skin color he was so covered. They said he wouldn’t have been able to breathe because of the weight of the fronds. It was horrible. It was the first time I’d heard of someone dying this way.
If you've ever been near an untrimmed palm tree in the wind, you KNOW how dangerous those heavy fronds can be. I couldn't believe how loud the crashing sound was when they hit the ground.
That tree hadn't been trimmed for decades and he cut the top of the bundle and it dropped pining him under the massive weight of that bundle and the stem.
@@redrobotmonkeysadly, I have seen reports of similar incidents involving these kinds of palm trees across the state of California. These trimmers are hired to trim the dead palm fronds. The incidents of death or entrapment occurs when the inexperienced trimmer cuts at the fronds while being located underneath. They get into trouble when they underestimate the shear weight and the ability of the dead fronds to collapse on top of them-- essentially crushing them to death.
Oh that’s terrible! My heartfelt condolences to this man’s family. I didn’t know this could happen. I’ve heard of tree trimmers falling but not getting stuck. Poor guy. ☹️🙏💔
@@FauxQue-yk8dt The tree trimmer gets stuck under the fronds, they collapse on the guy and are so heavy the person can't get out. That's my understanding, anyway.
Here’s what i understood from the article : Climber cut all the dead fronds from around the trunk creating a “skirt” which after being detached from the trunk slipped down and entangled/pinned the climber between the frond skirt and the tree. That’s a lot of weight hanging off a person in a climbing harness which eventually suffocated the climber.
It is horrible reporting. Usually they climb up with spikes or for the larger ones use a truck mounted crane. Homie probly didn’t have the correct equipment or slipped somehow, even smaller palm trees are huge when you get up there and they sway in the wind
Do tree trimmers get spotters at all? If not, maybe having a second person ready to aid or get aid would be better. I dont know much of the job industry and how it works, but it always looks like there is one man there and no one else. So tragic. Might not eradicate these incidents from ever happening, but it's always good to have a second or third person. The company probably wouldn't want to anyway because it would mean they have to hire and pay more people.
I’m a 30 year arborist. Been trimming trees rope and saddle like this for most of my career. Basic rule first day on the job is no one climbs alone. Recommended practice is to always have a second set of climbing gear and a qualified rescue climber on every job. Sadly, while this is a great idea on paper, it’s expensive to put into practice, and smaller outfits don’t do it because the need for it is so rare. I’ve never had a guy need rescue on one of my sites. Even larger companies rarely do this. They rely on having a lift on the job and train for aerial rescue that way.
This whole rescue was live streamed, I saw everything. The whole recovery took around 4 hours. He was long dead by the time he was found by his coworker. The firefighter was kicking the skirt off him at one point. He was very clearly dead, blue skin and rigor mortis had already set it. He was bent in half backwards and crushed under the skirt, his head was not in a position that was compatible with life. I truly hope it was quick and not a horrible end slowly suffocating in a crushed and broken body. What an absolutely horrible way to go. And this is tragically common in this profession.
@@RaptorRockDrakeJesus Machine? There is no machine, he was harnessed to the tree and the skirt fell on top of him bending him in half backwards and crushing him. He had a chainsaw that he was using to trim the tree but that was hanging down on a rope below him.
RIP 🙏 From a 2015 article "Palm Tree Worker Suffocated by Palm Fronds - Another Death in California": "Proper work procedures and correct equipment should be used. Fronds should be removed by workers using an aerial device and wearing fall protection. Alternatively, workers should use climbing procedures that place them above the fronds."
I don't understand. He got stuck in or under the palm fronds. Are they heavy? Did he suffocate? I don't understand how he died/what killed him. Poor man, and sincere condolences to his family. May they find peace.
Some of the dead fronds become detached and can fall in bundles, entrapping and suffocating the arborist. Special techniques for avoiding this hazard exist but were not used here.
Whoever owns the property waited WAY too long to have that tree trimmed! 😡 In addition to causing this preventable tragedy, hello obvious fire hazard. And neglected, overgrown palm trees look trashy for miles. People who are too cheap and lazy to maintain their yards safely should face huge fines or just damn live in condos.
Not an uncommon situation. The untrained "workers" climb up inside that canopy of dead fronds, and then suffer from CO poisoning because they're running a chainsaw inside what is basically an enclosed tent.
Those palm trees don’t belong in CA . They are landscaping and liability and maintenance is excessive. Many cities are letting them die or chopping them.
This is so sad. Those prons are extremely heavy. We've seen them kill workers here in AZ too when they fell. I wonder if using a man basket would make a difference rather than climbing the tree?
Lack of proper training. No spotter on the ground or any kind of personnel accountability. This is a known hazard of palm trees, not the first incident of its kind.
I watched this live yesterday. Those fire fighters worked hard to try and free this poor man. I kinda knew he was deceased from the position of his body in the tree. Very sad story and unfortunate. Condolences to his family..
I remember going to visit my family in San Diego as a kid and seeing the tree trimmers just climbing barefoot up the palm trees w no gear, it was wild Very dangerous job, awful he lost his life
I have always said that it’s very wrong that gardeners are not certified because it’s very dangerous work that needs safety regulations and also knowledge about different greenery. CA lets anyone do just about anything these days and overlooks people’s safety. They are gonna force gardeners to have electric tools but won’t force them to get certified. 😡
Lot of critters live in those dead palm fronds. They make a great home for wasp and hornet nests and bats love to roost in there during the day. He could have gotten stung or bitten. I had big palms like that in my backyard and bats come out of them in the late evening.
Awe so sad, prayers for his family and friends. While he was working he died how tragic. I feel for the family and hope he did not suffer too much. Peace!
with palm trees, they have a thick layer that grows on them. Imagine trying to trim a hay bale on a pole, and at any moment it can slide down and crush/trap you
No, they don't. We're drugs or alcohol involved? Did he have any medical conditions that caused the event or precipitated the event? Did he suffocate, die of heart attack, strangulation, blow to the head, stroke? Besides, that's just a preliminary investigation. Was he employed or business owner or sub contractor? Did he receive adequate training or act inappropriately? How could the rescuers have done anything differently, if possible? There's always more to the story best not make assumptions.
A tree trimmer is dead… could you not be so cold in your announcement? Possibly go with a tree trimmer has passed. The quality of newscasters these days is dismal. This is a human being who passed while on the job, not a cow to the butcher. Have some empathy and tact for heavens sake.
More like 3 to 4. He was dead before they got there. Nothing they could have done. You could see rigor mortis has already set in. His body was mangled.
@@mw12349 It was in the livestream I watched last night. Someone live streamed the whole recovery and someone here on UA-cam watched and reacted to it.
@@mw12349 I went back and checked, the stream I saw was on iCkEdMeL channel but I don't know who the original live stream was. Roughly in the middle of the video is a press conference with a firefighter explaining what's going on.
This is heartbreaking. May he rest in Peace. God bless the rescue team.
God's will be done. ☆
Hardworking guy..God rest his soul and give his family and friends peace and strength!❤
Im 50 years old, been near lots of palm trees and had no idea the tree could kill you like that. R.I.P. sir.
I have 3 in my yard and didn't know. My laziness in trimming them saved me.
They did not say the tree killed him, they are trying to determine the cause of death. He could have had a heart attack.
@@redrobotmonkeyor drug overdose. Whatever killed him it wasn't the tree
@@redrobotmonkeyprobably took the experimental gene therapy cocktail.
@@FauxQue-yk8dtor maybe since he was trapped under these heavy palm fronds he died due to compression and not being able to expand his rib cage. So maybe he died from the tree .
How heartbreaking. Praying for God's peace & comfort for his family.
I was born in Ojai. I remember being about 5, this happened at a neighbors house. Sympathies to his loved ones. What a horrible accident.
That’s the third time I’ve seen someone die in a palm tree in about 10 years. What a horrible way to die.
More like once a week
@@MartyWolf-i9l no, I’ve only seen it on the news three times. It might happen once a week but it’s the third time I’ve seen it.
i dont understand getting stuck leads to death??? ate they suffocated?? what is causing the death???
@@lindaparker1043another comment said this tree had a large skirt of dead palm fronds. He was tied to the tree and cut the base of the dead fronds, but this caused them to slide down as one big weight and crush him against the trunk.
@@lindaparker1043 they suffocate or get crushed. The skirt collapses and they become encased in the tree and can’t move. Years ago I was watching them try to rescue someone. They were showing it live. After cutting away for a long time they finally reached the man and he popped out and then was bent over backwards as his lower body was still stuck. He was covered in the dust from inside the tree. You couldn’t even see his skin color he was so covered. They said he wouldn’t have been able to breathe because of the weight of the fronds. It was horrible. It was the first time I’d heard of someone dying this way.
If you've ever been near an untrimmed palm tree in the wind, you KNOW how dangerous those heavy fronds can be. I couldn't believe how loud the crashing sound was when they hit the ground.
That tree hadn't been trimmed for decades and he cut the top of the bundle and it dropped pining him under the massive weight of that bundle and the stem.
That's gotta be definition of Skill Issue / Darwin Award 😂
Thank you. Useless news doesn't explain anything and I was confused.
Inexperienced worker. Some tree companies use boom trucks so they don't get under the fronds.
@@moneybilla Any thoughts on being sent back across the border after Trump win the election?
Thank you for explaining.
My deepest condolences and prayers for his family 🙏🙏🙏
this has got to be one of the strangest accidental deaths I've heard of.... RIP !!
It actually happens regularly
@@soilrocktree #Skillissue😂
@@soilrocktree What happened exactly tho? The leaves collapsed on him? I don't understand.
@@redrobotmonkeysadly, I have seen reports of similar incidents involving these kinds of palm trees across the state of California. These trimmers are hired to trim the dead palm fronds. The incidents of death or entrapment occurs when the inexperienced trimmer cuts at the fronds while being located underneath. They get into trouble when they underestimate the shear weight and the ability of the dead fronds to collapse on top of them-- essentially crushing them to death.
Oh that’s terrible! My heartfelt condolences to this man’s family. I didn’t know this could happen. I’ve heard of tree trimmers falling but not getting stuck. Poor guy. ☹️🙏💔
It's one of the dangers of trimming palm trees, I've seen it on the news a few times in San Diego.
He was dead. Not stuck. They were stuck trying to get his corpse down
@@FauxQue-yk8dt The tree trimmer gets stuck under the fronds, they collapse on the guy and are so heavy the person can't get out. That's my understanding, anyway.
@@FauxQue-yk8dt ok. Thank you. 🙏
This job is so much more dangerous than most of us realize. Those palm fronds are bigger and heavier than they initially look.
OMG RIP. Hard working man making a living! Sorry will pray for family and friends.
Poor guy! Prayers and much sympathy to the family! 💔
I can’t really understand what happened and the terrible reporting doesn’t help things.
Basically he was crushed by the weight of the palm fronds.
Here’s what i understood from the article :
Climber cut all the dead fronds from around the trunk creating a “skirt” which after being detached from the trunk slipped down and entangled/pinned the climber between the frond skirt and the tree. That’s a lot of weight hanging off a person in a climbing harness which eventually suffocated the climber.
@@PorkChopSammiethank you.
My condolences to his family 😢
🙏🏽 RIP
It is horrible reporting. Usually they climb up with spikes or for the larger ones use a truck mounted crane. Homie probly didn’t have the correct equipment or slipped somehow, even smaller palm trees are huge when you get up there and they sway in the wind
Wow……NEVER have I heard of this way to die. Poor guy
Yep, BIZARRE !
Hard Working Man,💔 May You R.I.P. SIR.
This is so sad & should’ve been preventable. 😢
This video did an absolutely god awful job of explaining what happened.
That’s awful. Condolences to his family.
My deepest and heart felt condolences to this mans family. I pray for God's peace and comfort to envelope this family with his love. God Bless...
So sorry for the loss of this poor man and sincere condolences to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
Do tree trimmers get spotters at all? If not, maybe having a second person ready to aid or get aid would be better. I dont know much of the job industry and how it works, but it always looks like there is one man there and no one else. So tragic. Might not eradicate these incidents from ever happening, but it's always good to have a second or third person.
The company probably wouldn't want to anyway because it would mean they have to hire and pay more people.
They actually said in the report that his co-worker did indeed contact emergency services. So yeah, it sounds like he had a spotter.
@@kylieharrison3782no they said he didnt return from work
There was another man with him who called for help as well. From multiple sources I seen
I’m a 30 year arborist. Been trimming trees rope and saddle like this for most of my career. Basic rule first day on the job is no one climbs alone. Recommended practice is to always have a second set of climbing gear and a qualified rescue climber on every job. Sadly, while this is a great idea on paper, it’s expensive to put into practice, and smaller outfits don’t do it because the need for it is so rare. I’ve never had a guy need rescue on one of my sites. Even larger companies rarely do this. They rely on having a lift on the job and train for aerial rescue that way.
This whole rescue was live streamed, I saw everything. The whole recovery took around 4 hours. He was long dead by the time he was found by his coworker. The firefighter was kicking the skirt off him at one point. He was very clearly dead, blue skin and rigor mortis had already set it. He was bent in half backwards and crushed under the skirt, his head was not in a position that was compatible with life. I truly hope it was quick and not a horrible end slowly suffocating in a crushed and broken body. What an absolutely horrible way to go. And this is tragically common in this profession.
So he got wedged between the fronds and the machine he was in your saying? Is very sad if he was operating that thing and accidentally moved to much
@@RaptorRockDrakeJesus Machine? There is no machine, he was harnessed to the tree and the skirt fell on top of him bending him in half backwards and crushing him. He had a chainsaw that he was using to trim the tree but that was hanging down on a rope below him.
Wow. That poor man. As you said, hopefully he did not suffer.
I assumed the same from the live stream. It was a disturbing thing to accidentally come across.
RIP 🙏
From a 2015 article "Palm Tree Worker Suffocated by Palm Fronds - Another Death in California":
"Proper work procedures and correct equipment should be used. Fronds should be removed by workers using an aerial device and wearing fall protection. Alternatively, workers should use climbing procedures that place them above the fronds."
Prayers, rest in peace!
I understand that he got stuck, but I dont understand why or how he died?
Oh, no! RIP to him. He will be missed.
I don't understand. He got stuck in or under the palm fronds. Are they heavy? Did he suffocate? I don't understand how he died/what killed him. Poor man, and sincere condolences to his family. May they find peace.
Some of the dead fronds become detached and can fall in bundles, entrapping and suffocating the arborist. Special techniques for avoiding this hazard exist but were not used here.
Why does "the news" always leave us with more questions than answers?
@@Orpheusftw lol they don’t really know much they just read the notes, it’s not their job to be aware of what’s going on, just read the prompts.
Whoever owns the property waited WAY too long to have that tree trimmed! 😡 In addition to causing this preventable tragedy, hello obvious fire hazard. And neglected, overgrown palm trees look trashy for miles. People who are too cheap and lazy to maintain their yards safely should face huge fines or just damn live in condos.
Such a dangerous job.
They go up in flames easy also. People wonder why it cost so much to have trees cut down
Wow i never thought that could happen.
Not an uncommon situation. The untrained "workers" climb up inside that canopy of dead fronds, and then suffer from CO poisoning because they're running a chainsaw inside what is basically an enclosed tent.
Ohhhhhh okay, I’m sitting here wondering HOW this happened.
WOW so sad
Poor man. I hope he is at rest.
May he rest in peace.
Poor man!😢😢😢 Condolences to his family and friends. 😢❤
This is sad. Had no idea a palm tree could off someone.
Those palm trees don’t belong in CA . They are landscaping and liability and maintenance is excessive. Many cities are letting them die or chopping them.
This is so sad. Those prons are extremely heavy. We've seen them kill workers here in AZ too when they fell. I wonder if using a man basket would make a difference rather than climbing the tree?
Man basket with extended reach saw, plus correct trimming technique and this can’t happen. This is the result of trying to do the job cheaply.
Praying for his family
Lack of proper training. No spotter on the ground or any kind of personnel accountability. This is a known hazard of palm trees, not the first incident of its kind.
This is actually a pretty legitimate hazard with palm tree trimming. This does happen more often than most think.
I watched this live yesterday. Those fire fighters worked hard to try and free this poor man. I kinda knew he was deceased from the position of his body in the tree. Very sad story and unfortunate. Condolences to his family..
I remember going to visit my family in San Diego as a kid and seeing the tree trimmers just climbing barefoot up the palm trees w no gear, it was wild
Very dangerous job, awful he lost his life
How did he die?
People shouldn't work alone doing dangerous jobs.
I have always said that it’s very wrong that gardeners are not certified because it’s very dangerous work that needs safety regulations and also knowledge about different greenery. CA lets anyone do just about anything these days and overlooks people’s safety. They are gonna force gardeners to have electric tools but won’t force them to get certified. 😡
😳......You ever get that feeling that you just shouldn't have been standing there?!😅
This happened in LA a few years ago! ❤ RIP sir
This is NOT the first time I have heard about the DANGER of palm tree trimming.
It is dangerous work. Pay your trimmers well and don't try to schiest them
Even the trees fight back
Omg this is the second one of these I’ve seen in two years. This is so sad.
I'm not sure if "found" is the right word. They knew exactly where he was.
Lot of critters live in those dead palm fronds. They make a great home for wasp and hornet nests and bats love to roost in there during the day. He could have gotten stung or bitten. I had big palms like that in my backyard and bats come out of them in the late evening.
you literally have zero idea about what happened, but of course, you had to say something 😂😂😂
Awe so sad, prayers for his family and friends. While he was working he died how tragic. I feel for the family and hope he did not suffer too much. Peace!
Sad man. Just sad....😔
Did he get stuck and die or die then get stuck?
Very sad :( How long had he been stuck inside the tree?
Rest in peace god bless
I still have no idea what happened. I wish they did a diagram or something. Anyway, God rest his hard working soul 😢pray for the family
Sad 😢
Awful, hazardous w/Santa Anas blowing too
Heartbreaking was on news last night really shocking he didn't make it 😢
How would something like this happen?
This is awful! The poor guy.
My condolences to his family and friends.
There is a add on a death video...wtf
i never knew they could slide, what a hazard
So terrible! Condolences to his family. Such a very sad incident.
Didn't this happen to another palm tree trimmer a couple of months ago?
Tree cutting is ALWAYS dangerous.
I'm so confused. How did it happen?
Between the report and reading the other comments, my best guess is that he was trapped underneath & asphyxiated by the weight of the palm fronds.
with palm trees, they have a thick layer that grows on them. Imagine trying to trim a hay bale on a pole, and at any moment it can slide down and crush/trap you
As I live in a state with no palm trees, I don’t understand how he died on one of them.
So sad!
This happens too often.
Actually it's pretty rare
@@ImrightYourewrong-gs4pz once is too often
@@ernestbont578 i knew somebody was going to say something stupid like that
This is so hard to understand, wow.
R.I.P sir
Happens way too much don't do it with out a lift
An autopsy 😮 Really? They know how he died. RIP 🙏
No, they don't. We're drugs or alcohol involved? Did he have any medical conditions that caused the event or precipitated the event? Did he suffocate, die of heart attack, strangulation, blow to the head, stroke? Besides, that's just a preliminary investigation. Was he employed or business owner or sub contractor? Did he receive adequate training or act inappropriately? How could the rescuers have done anything differently, if possible? There's always more to the story best not make assumptions.
@@kylieharrison3782 Agreed
@@kylieharrison3782 Well, that makes perfect sense! I never thought about all of that 🥺🥺🥺
Some professional
A tree trimmer is dead… could you not be so cold in your announcement? Possibly go with a tree trimmer has passed. The quality of newscasters these days is dismal. This is a human being who passed while on the job, not a cow to the butcher. Have some empathy and tact for heavens sake.
This actually happens from time to time
It’s very sad.
RIP ❤
R.I.P.
Those palm trees are no joke. I hire professionals to come out and do them. RIP this poor man and his family.
🥺😔🙏
It took 2 hours to get to him? Wow don't rush it guys.
More like 3 to 4. He was dead before they got there. Nothing they could have done. You could see rigor mortis has already set in. His body was mangled.
@@thamertanner5448 where do you see this? I didnt see it in the news clip
@@mw12349 It was in the livestream I watched last night. Someone live streamed the whole recovery and someone here on UA-cam watched and reacted to it.
@@mw12349 I went back and checked, the stream I saw was on iCkEdMeL channel but I don't know who the original live stream was. Roughly in the middle of the video is a press conference with a firefighter explaining what's going on.
So sad,my goodness i hate this
How the fu?
How sad.
So so sad 🙏🏻
Rip 🙏
very sad
I got barber chaired climbing trees and never climbed again...smh
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Horrible 😢 so sad 🙏🏻
😮😭🙏