A climber was rescued from a tree on February 20, 2021, in Port Ludlow, Washington, after he realized, once aloft, that his ropes were too frayed to trust for the climb down. The Port Ludlow man had climbed 50 feet up the trunk, apparently cutting limbs as he went, according to photos. But at some […]
An experienced tree worker was severely injured when the top boom of an 83-foot compact lift apparently suffered a sudden structural failure, dropping him to the ground with it, on a job on February 17, 2021, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The injured arborist, Sam Neterval-Quiel, suffered multiple injuries, according to a GoFundMe post and a vertikal.net […]
Two men were killed in a dispute over a load of firewood they had just delivered on February 10, 2021, in Parkville, Missouri. On the night of the shooting, investigators say the shooting suspect, who was not identified, went home and then contacted police. Charges had not been filed in the ongoing investigation. Kalob Lawson, […]
A tree worker was injured after being struck by a section of tree on January 8, 2021, near Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The victim, a man in his 30s, was performing work when he was struck on the head. The man was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore for treatment of serious but […]
Two people were injured in a crash involving an overturned aerial-lift truck on February 4, 2021, in Santa Rosa, California. Firefighters with the Sonoma Valley Fire District had to extricate at least the driver from the truck. One patient was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with moderate to major injuries, while the other was […]
