While this type of accident is not necessarily common, it happens regularly in the southwest where palm trees grow abundantly and need regular trimming. The trimmer usually climbs the tree with “spikes” on their shoes/boots with a chain saw in hand. If the trimmed skirt of old palm fronds being trimmed off comes loose, it can crush the worker. Sometimes it is a helper on the ground who is buried. These shirts can weigh as much as 1,000-2,000 pounds. They will crush a man easily. I know of three instances of this happening in the Phoenix metropolitan area alone in the last few years where the trimmers were killed. Palm tree trimming, without using the proper equipment, is a very dangerous job.
For a while some punks found it fun to set the dead fronds hanging down on fire.
For a while some punks found it fun to set the dead fronds hanging down on fire.
This is not pointed at your comment...in no way.
In Panama, no one cares. A palm frond dries up and falls to the ground is a natural act of nature. Just don’t park a car under a dead palm frond ready to fall.
When it hits the ground, the garbage folks take care of the rest...Period...and no one dies.
P.S.
This is not the government’s problem. It is the responsibility of the person to use good judgment.
But then, we are not a nation of lawsuits. Good judgment still reigns.