A worker died when the aerial lift he was operating tipped over May 18, 2024, in Franklinville, N.Y. Justin Howard, 43, of Franklinville, was trimming trees when the lift tipped. He was conscious when emergency crews arrived and was taken to a medical center, where he died, according to a WKBW News report.
A worker was thrown from a bucket and killed when a rope broke April 4, 2024, in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Charles William Sloan Jr., 47, of South Chesterfield, Va., was working in a bucket approximately 50 feet up when a rope he’d attached to a tree or tree section broke, causing him to be ejected […]
A man was injured when he fell from a ladder February 21, 2024, in Jacksonville, Illinois. The man was standing on a ladder cutting branches when he fell. The man was taken to the hospital, but the extent of his injuries was unknown, according to a My Journal Courier report.
A man was killed when he fell from a-ladder while trimming a tree February 13, 2024, in East Bethel, Minnesota. Paul Eugene Malaske, 70, of East Bethel, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a CBS News report.
A man was injured when he fell approximately 25 feet from a tree January 6, 2024, in Mansfield, Massachusetts.The 77-year-old man was trimming a tree when the incident occurred. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital by a medical helicopter, according to a report in The Sun Chronicle.
