An aerial-lift operator from Tennessee died September 15, 2021, in the Page Community of Bell County, Kentucky, when he fell from the bucket he was using while doing tree work at a residence. Brian Terrence Parker, 54, of Tazewell, Tenn., owner of Parker Tree Company, was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers on scene determined […]
An aerial-lift operator died while trimming trees on August 16, 2021, in Douglas, Michigan, after the upper boom of the tracked lift he was using apparently failed. The upper-boom arm broke off and the bucket fell from a height of at least 40 feet onto the cement approach to a garage. The operator, a 50-year-old […]
A tree and landscaping-company worker was injured in a 30-foot fall from a tree he was cutting on August 3, 2021, in Torrington, Connecticut. The worker, who was not identified, was unconscious but breathing when firefighters arrived on the scene. He was flown by Life Star helicopter to Hartford Hospital, according to Republican-American and other reports.
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 City of De Pere, Wisconsin, employee died after being injured on a job apparently involving tree work on April 1, 2021, in De Pere. First responders attempted life-saving measures, but the employee died on the way to the hospital. While no details were provided, video images of the scene showed an aerial lift with […]
