A pilot was seriously injured when his tree-trimming helicopter crashed March 18, 2024, in Belleville, West Virginia. The helicopter, operated by Signature Utility Services, was trimming around power lines for FirstEnergy when it crashed. The company was using a saw attached to the helicopter by a cable that hangs below the aircraft to cut limbs […]
An aerial-lift truck crashed into a commercial building February 26, 2024, in Wendell, Idaho. The driver of the truck, a 51-year-old man from Jerome, Idaho, experienced a medical emergency and was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the truck did not require hospitalization, according to a bnnbreaking.com report.
A tree worker was killed when he was hit by a truck December 13, 2023, in Montgomery County, Maryland. Eric Lewis, 57, of Washington, D.C., was working with a crew along the Capital Beltway when he was hit by a large truck, which left the scene, according to a Washington Post report. The driver of […]
A worker was injured when a tree-trimming utility truck overturned December 11, 2023, in York County, Pennsylvania. The incident caused downed wires, which caught fire. The truck also caught fire, but it wasn’t clear if the wires caused the truck fire, according to a WGAL 8 report.
A worker was injured November 13, 2023, in North Shelby County, Tennessee, in what appears to have been some sort of aerial-lift failure that allowed the upper boom to drop. Few details were available. The man was initially listed in critical condition and later was revised to non-critical condition at a local hospital, according to […]
