A tree worker was injured by a falling limb or tree while felling a tree November 4, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina. A contracted tree crew was cutting a tree at the Biltmore Estate when it fell into another tree, and the second tree struck one of the workers. The worker was initially trapped under the tree, but was able to walk and was transported to a local hospital, according to a WLOS News 13 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 […]
