A man was killed in a wood-cutting accident February 22, 2023, in Wrangell, Alaska. Randy Churchill Jr., 39, of Wrangell, was pinned under a cut tree. He was transported to a medical center, where he died of his injuries, according to a KSTK Public Radio report.

A woman, 65, was killed when she was struck by a cut tree February 20, 2023, in Alexander, New York. The tree was being cut down on a commercial property. Neighbors called for emergency assistance and removed the tree with a tractor, but the woman died of her injuries, according to a WGRZ report.

A tree worker died after being pinned under a skirt of dead fronds while pruning a palm February 13, 2023, in Chula Vista, California. Bardomiano Bautista-Perez, 39, was suspended by a line approximately 50 feet up in the palm after being trapped. Firefighters attempting a rescue lowered him to the ground, but he died of […]

A man died from serious injuries to his leg while working in a tree February 7, 2023, in Clarkesville, Georgia. Leonard Highsmith, 74, was found unconscious about 20 feet up in the tree with serious injuries to his leg. He later died of his injuries at a medical center in Gainesville, Georgia, according to a […]

A man died after he was struck by a cut tree February 4, 2023, in Colchester, Connecticut. Jody Fellows, 52, of Griswold, Conn., was cutting trees with his brother in the woods behind a home when he was struck by a tree. Fellows was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Middletown Press report.