An aerial-lift operator suffered a severe head injury when he fell from a bucket truck August 2, 2023, in Plainville, Connecticut. The worker was cutting limbs when the boom on the bucket truck failed, causing the bucket and the worker to fall, according to a Fox61.com 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 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.
A climber died June 20, 2020, in Ogden Dunes, Indiana, after he fell about 40 to 50 feet while trimming a tree. The man, from Ogden Dunes, was working as a tree-trimming contractor, and investigators determined he fell when the safety harness he was wearing had a failure. The man was trimming a very tall […]
