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 […]
The driver of a tree care company’s plant-health-care vehicle was injured when the truck crashed into a dental- care building September 6, 2023, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The truck caught fire. The driver was transported to a local hospital, and an office worker in the building suffered minor injuries, according to a CBS News […]
A tree worker was injured when a work truck overturned and landed in a ditch June 26, 2023, in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The driver was extricated from the truck with seemingly minor injuries, according to a Shelbyville-Times Gazette report.
A Virginia Department of Transportation worker was seriously injured when he was struck by a car while removing a tree that had fallen across a road May 9, 2023, in Washington County, Virginia. The unidentified worker, age 58, was wearing a reflective vest at the time of the accident, according to a WDBJ7.com report. The […]
A contract worker for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was killed and another was seriously injured in a crash involving their utility service truck January 7, 2023, in Elk Grove, California. The driver, Edgar Castillo, 37, of Elk Grove, Calif., was pronounced dead at the scene.The work vehicle went off the road and rolled over. […]
