Tree worker Rhys Hund filed a lawsuit in Madison County, Illinois, against his employer, Daniel Linck, dba Linck & Log, and Brian Linck, citing negligence after being struck and injured on the job, according to a Madison-St. Clair Record report. According to the lawsuit, Hund was employed by the defendants to cut down trees in […]
A man died while cutting a tree in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, October 25, 2022, after a branch hit his ladder, causing him to fall and dangle from a rope while 30 feet in the air. According to a New Castle News online report, the victim suffered cardiac arrest and was not breathing and did not […]
A homeowner in Hinesville, Georgia, died October 13, 2022, when he was struck by a tree he was cutting in his yard. The Hinesville Fire Department used the Jaws of Life to remove the tree, according to a WSAV.com report.
A 42-year-old worker from Hackensack, New Jersey, was injured October 6, 2022, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, when a branch fell and broke his leg while he was suspended in a tree. He was stranded on an unsteady branch 20 to 30 feet in the air. The first firefighters on the scene were unable to […]
A man was killed September 29, 2022, in Pike County, Ohio, when a tree he had been cutting fell on top of him. First responders pronounced him dead on the scene, according to a Scioto Valley Guardian report.
