A tree-company worker died on a job site October 25, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 30-year-old died due to injuries sustained at the job site, but the nature and cause of the injuries were not immediately released, according to a KSLTV.com report.
A man was killed in a struck-by October 22, 2024, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. James Michael Scroggs, 48, of Moravian Falls, North Carolina, was clearing hurricane debris with a chain saw when he was struck by a large root ball, according to a WGHP Fox 8 report
A worker died after he was struck by a motor vehicle while performing traffic control for a tree company October 18, 2024, in Yawkey, West Virginia. Venancio Motta Santos, 44, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, was flagging for a tree company when he was struck by a pickup truck that failed to stop, according to a WCHS […]
A worker died when he was trapped 30 feet up while trimming palm fronds October 17, 2024, in Bakersfield, California. Firefighters worked for more than two hours to remove the heavy fronds from Fermin U. Ortiz Leiva, 55, but he had already died, according to a KGET report
A county worker was struck by a vehicle and killed while clearing storm debris October 10, 2024, in Polk County, Florida. Bruse T. Kinsler, 68, of Haines City, Fla., was cutting a tree that was blocking the roadway after a storm when he was struck. The driver of the vehicle, also an employee of Polk […]
