A worker was injured when he fell off a chipper while doing tree work on May 17, 2021, at the U.S. Navy’s Camp McKean in Bremerton, Washington. The tree-service employee was standing on top of the chipper attempting to get something off of it when he fell, suffering multiple broken ribs and a brain contusion. […]
A worker was hospitalized after cutting his arm with a chain saw while cutting trees on May 14, 2021, in Wayland, Massachusetts. A state trooper working a detail for the tree work on Route 20 applied a tourniquet and provided medical aid to the 31-year-old man. The worker was taken by ambulance to Massachusetts General […]
A tree-service worker was reported injured on a job on May 13, 2021, in Stanwood, Michigan. A struck-by incident caused a back injury that required a response by EMTs, according to a report directly to TCIA staff from a TCIA member.
A worker clearing land was killed by a falling tree on May 12, 2021, in Waterford, Maine. Michael Truman, 50, of Harrison, Maine, was part of a crew with an excavation company clearing brush and falling trees. Harrison apparently cut a tree and the treetop detached and fell on him, hitting him in the head. […]
A climber trimming a palm was rescued by firefighters on May 6, 2021, in Spring Valley, California, after becoming stuck in a palm-frond skirt 70 feet up. Just before 7 p.m., residents reported hearing the worker yelling for help from the top of a palm after his leg had become stuck in the skirt of […]
