An aerial-lift operator died after being found unconscious in the bucket while 40 feet in the air on a tree-trimming job on December 10, 2020, in Russiaville, Indiana.
It was unclear if William Lidy, 65, of Russiaville, had some type of accident or if he suffered a medical incident. An autopsy was planned, according to a Fort Wayne’s NBC report.
A tree worker was found dead in a tree on March 16, 2021, in Lubbock, Texas. Police and fire responded to a report of a body in a tree. The man had apparently been trimming the tree, but it was not immediately clear what led to his death. Lubbock Fire Rescue recovered the body from […]
A tree trimmer was found unresponsive and hanging from his harness in a tree April 9, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Police found David Cerigioni, 70, hanging upside down about 50 feet in the air. Firefighters used a ladder truck to reach Cerigioni and get him down, but unfortunately, he had passed away. Cerigioni was […]
James A. Bova, II, 38, of Watervliet, New York, died August 11, 2022, in Halfmoon, N.Y., as a result of a work-related tree-cutting accident, but few details of the incident were released. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation into the tree-service company Bova was working for at the time of […]
