A climber was injured while suspended in a tree May 13, 2023, in Ventura County, California. The worker appeared to have suffered leg or arm injuries while approximately 50 feet up. He was rescued by local firefighters using an aerial-ladder
truck, according to a KTLA 5 report.
A tree worker was struck and killed by falling debris on June 1, 2020, in Anderson, Indiana. Michael Lusher, 36, was working as part of a crew from a local tree care company and was struck while clearing brush at the bottom of a tree the crew was trimming. He was transported to Ascension St. […]
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 felling a large tree on May 20, 2020, in Crestwood, Kentucky, died when the tree fell on him. A tree company was hired to remove a large tree from a residential property. Benjamin Oliver, 33, had cut a wedge into the front of the tree. He then prepared to move to the […]
