A line-clearance contractor was killed while working to restore power after a storm January 13, 2023, in Jasper County, Georgia.Jesse Maxwell, 32, of Jasper County, was working in a bucket truck when a large limb kicked back, striking him in the head. Maxwell was not breathing after he was struck, according to a WSBTV.com report.
An employee with the Norman, Oklahoma, public works department was killed on the job January 9, 2023, in Norman, Okla., when a tree he was cutting hit him. Harold Parker, 57, and three other public-works employees were removing trees that had recently been marked for removal. The cut tree that struck Parker also struck a […]
An employee with the Norman, Oklahoma, public works department was killed on the job January 9, 2023, in Norman, Okla., when a tree he was cutting hit him. Harold Parker, 57, and three other public-works employees were removing trees that had recently been marked for removal. The cut tree that struck Parker also struck a […]
A child, either 6 or 7 years old, according to conflicting reports, was killed in a tree-cutting accident December 18, 2022, in Hardin County, Kentucky. Police and EMS responded to a residence after receiving a report that a tree was cut down and fell onto a child, according to a WLKY News report.
Gary Clancy, 71, of DeLeon Springs, Florida, died November 21, 2022, after he was crushed by a tree limb he was cutting in DeLand, Fla. Residents at the trailer park where Clancy was working lifted the tree limb off of Clancy and provided CPR, but he did not survive, according to a clickorlando.com report.
