Last Monday our crane operator (in-training) committed an error in judgment regarding the weight of a piece of wood and caused our 38-ton crane to fall onto a house, damaging the house badly. No-one was hurt, but it's very easy to see how a tragedy could have occurred. I don't know if I could live with myself if something really bad had happened. There is, sadly, little new to be learned from the physical aspects of this accident, but from the point of view of managing a tree company and making training and safety decisions, there are a lot of valuable lessons, which may be enlightening to some. Though it's painful for me to explain all of this, since the biggest mistakes leading to this accident were mine, I am forging ahead in the hopes that somewhere, someday, a company like mine will avoid a similar accident.
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