20-02-2019 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com

Lack of communication, organization may have contributed to tree pruner's death: Agency

A Quebec government agency has found a disorganized work site and a lack of communications may have contributed to a fatal work accident in Gatineau seven months ago which claimed the life of a tree-pruning assistant.
On July 16, 2018, Denis Masson, a pruning assistant at a tree-cutting company owned by Omer and Bermin Laviolette, was at a site with his employer and another worker to trim a 15 metre tall cedar.
While the employer was about five metres up the tree to cut a section, his colleague
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