A tree worker was injured while working 55 feet up in a tree March 3, 2023, in Theodore, Alabama. Fire crews rescued the man from the tree, and he was then transported to a local hospital via air ambulance, according to a WKRG News 5 report. The incident occurred as a result of a rigging […]
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.
A man died after being found beneath a tree log December 27, 2022, in Weeping Water, Nebraska. Davis Lawson, 30, was cutting trees with his father, David Lawson. The father left the site and returned approximately 10 minutes later, and found his son underneath the felled log. He called for help and started CPR, but […]
A loader operator died after being pinned between two pieces of equipment December 2, 2022, in Evansville, Indiana. Travis Lee Baker, 41, of Evansville, was operating a skid steer pulling a log as he backed up, and he backed into a truck’s deployed outrigger, causing him to be crushed between the two machines, according to […]
Joseph “Joey” Wesley Manire, 46, of Crofton, Kentucky, was killed in a brush-chipper incident November 28, 2022, in Owensboro, Ky. A crew from a local tree-trimming contractor was working at a home when Manire became tangled and fell partially into the chipper. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a WSAZ.com report.
