An aerial-lift operator trimming palms was injured April 18, 2022, in Southern California, when his chain saw kicked back, cutting his left forearm. The man, 30, was able to descend on his own to the ground, where co-workers applied a tourniquet and a bandage to the laceration and drove the victim to the hospital. Examination […]
A tree trimmer was found unresponsive and hanging from his harness in a tree April 9, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Police found David Cerigioni, 70, hanging upside down about 50 feet in the air. Firefighters used a ladder truck to reach Cerigioni and get him down, but unfortunately, he had passed away. Cerigioni was […]
A tree worker was hospitalized with two broken legs and other injuries after an incident involving an aerial-lift truck on March 25, 2022, in Braintree, Massachusetts.
A worker was killed in an incident involving a wood chipper on March 16, 2022, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Kentucky woodsman and TV personality Ernie Brown, Jr., better known as “The Turtleman,” was recovering after he was injured by a falling tree limb on March 15, 2022, in Lebanon, Kentucky.
