A man was injured when a branch he was cutting fell on him August 8, 2023, in Garden Ridge, Texas. Juan Cantu, 71, was cutting a broken pecan branch when it snapped and fell on him, hitting his head and pushing him backward. Cantu broke his legs in the incident, according to a KSAT.com report.
A 9-year-old boy was killed when a tree being cut hit him August 7, 2023, in Mitchell County, Kansas, according to a ncktoday.com report.
Two workers were injured by electrical contact August 7, 2023, in Portage County, Wisconsin. The workers were performing a tree-trimming operation when the power line was hit, according to a spmetrowire.com report.
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 man was killed when a tree he was cutting struck him July 30, 2023, in Covington, Louisiana. Thomas Baudean, 83, of Covington, was cutting a tree when it struck him, according to a WAFB report.
