A tree worker died after being pinned under a skirt of dead fronds while pruning a palm February 13, 2023, in Chula Vista, California. Bardomiano Bautista-Perez, 39, was suspended by a line approximately 50 feet up in the palm after being trapped. Firefighters attempting a rescue lowered him to the ground, but he died of […]
A tree worker was injured by electric shock while working in an aerial-lift bucket February 13, 2023, in Oakland City, Indiana. The man was breathing when emergency personnel arrived. He was flown via medical helicopter to a hospital for treatment, according to an msn.com report.
A man died from serious injuries to his leg while working in a tree February 7, 2023, in Clarkesville, Georgia. Leonard Highsmith, 74, was found unconscious about 20 feet up in the tree with serious injuries to his leg. He later died of his injuries at a medical center in Gainesville, Georgia, according to a […]
A man died after he was struck by a cut tree February 4, 2023, in Colchester, Connecticut. Jody Fellows, 52, of Griswold, Conn., was cutting trees with his brother in the woods behind a home when he was struck by a tree. Fellows was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Middletown Press report.
A 33-year-old man died after he was pinned under a tree he was cutting January 26, 2023, in Reading Township, New Jersey. The man was at a residence cutting a tree with a chain saw when he became trapped, according to a Daily Voice report.
