A man was killed when he was apparently struck by a cut tree while cutting firewood February 24, 2024, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. James Krapp, 71, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was alone cutting wood on a friend’s 100-acre property, and it was unclear how long he’d been dead when his body was discovered near the end […]
A climber was apparently electrocuted while trimming a palm February 12, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Antonio Fuentes, 43, was pronounced dead at the scene after firefighters recovered his body from 25 feet up in the palm. It was not clear if he was a professional tree worker. While electrocution was the likely cause, the […]
A tree worker was killed when he was pulled into a woodchipper January 28, 2025, in Ocean Ridge, Fla. The man was an employee of a tree company working on the property of the town hall and the police department when the incident occurred, according to a WPEC 24 News report.
A college student helping a property owner clear storm-felled trees died January 25, 2025, in Anderson, South Carolina, after being crushed under the root plate of one of the trees. Ethan Alexander Ackerman, 20, of Central, S.C., and two friends, one of whom was the property owner, were clearing an area where several large trees […]
An employee of a local tree service died in a work-related accident January 19, 2025, in Lafayette, Louisiana. Curtis Spencer, 71, of St. Martinville, La., was injured on a job site and died before first responders arrived, according to a News 15 report. No further information was available.
