A man fell from a ladder while trimming trees at his home in Sarasota, Florida, January 19, 2023. The man, Florida congressman Greg Stoef, 44, of Sarasota, was admitted to the intensive-care unit with severe but non-life-threatening injuries. Stoef fell approximately 25 feet when he was knocked off the ladder, according to a Miami Herald report.
A climber died in a fall from a tree he was working on June 4, 2020, in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The 35-year-old man from Bergenfield, N.J., was working at a home for a local tree-service company. He was nearly 30 feet up when he fell, and a tree limb landed on top of him. He […]
A tree worker was injured June 9, 2020, in Lynn, Massachusetts, when a limb from a tree he was taking down fell on him. The 32-year-old man was working for a tree service removing a tree in Lynn Woods Reservation at the time of the accident. He was in stable condition when he was transported […]
A tree worker died in a 60-foot fall from a tree June 12, 2020, in St. Helena, California. Jesus Perez, 49, of Napa, Calif., was a tree-removal worker for a company that offers products and services for wineries. He died at the scene, according to the Napa Valley Register report.
