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 […]
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. […]
A worker died after falling from a tree December 28, 2022, in Saratoga Springs, New York. Eric LaRue, 57, of Providence, New York, fell approximately 30 feet and died at the scene, according to a Daily Gazette report.
A man died after being found beneath a tree log December 27, 2022, in Weeping Water, Nebraska. Davis Lawson, 30, was cutting trees with his father, David Lawson. The father left the site and returned approximately 10 minutes later, and found his son underneath the felled log. He called for help and started CPR, but […]
