An aerial-lift operator died August 30, 2022, in Ross County, Ohio, after falling from an aerial-lift bucket while trimming trees. Emergency crews responding to the report of a man who fell from a bucket truck found Floyd Gillum, 76, of Chillicothe, Ohio, on the ground, unresponsive and not breathing. Gillum was pronounced dead from injuries […]
A climber who had apparently been performing tree work was found unresponsive in a tree August 24, 2022, in Boulder Creek, California. Jorge Soria Flores, 47, of Greenfield, Calif., was later pronounced dead. Boulder Creek Fire Department was called shortly after noon for an unresponsive man in the tree. There were no details available about […]
An aerial-lift operator died August 23, 2022, after he fell 20 feet from a bucket truck while performing line clearance in Huntington, New York. Edis Rene Maldonado, 40, of Copiague, N.Y., was working for a company subcontracted to PSEG Long Island when he fell from the extended bucket as he trimmed trees near utility lines […]
A 19-year-old operating an off-road vehicle died after colliding with a tree-trimming truck August 23, 2022, in Wilson, New York. The aerial-lift truck, towing a tree chipper and heading west on Youngstown-Lockport Road, collided with the off-road-style dirt bike being operated in the road. Following the collision, the truck left the road, overturned and came […]
James A. Bova, II, 38, of Watervliet, New York, died August 11, 2022, in Halfmoon, N.Y., as a result of a work-related tree-cutting accident, but few details of the incident were released. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation into the tree-service company Bova was working for at the time of […]
