A tree worker was killed on November 3, 2021, after becoming pinned under a large tree in Henrico County, Virginia. Roberto LaMotte, 45, was working for a tree care company attempting to remove a 50-foot-tall tree at a private property when he became trapped under the cut tree. He died at the scene while first […]
A chipper operator died October 18, 2021, in West Bloomfield, Michigan, reportedly after a gauntlet-style glove or the jacket he was wearing snagged on a branch and he was pulled partway into the machine. The man, 48, was part of a crew working at a private residence, but nobody witnessed the incident. Police were called […]
A man was seriously injured by a stump grinder in Dix Hills, New York, on July 16, 2021. Rubiel Cordoso Chavez, 33, of Huntington Station, N.Y., was working for local tree service at home when he slipped, lost his footing, and his leg became entangled in a stump-grinder wheel. Dix Hills Fire Department and Suffolk […]