A worker was killed by a falling tree May 14, 2025, in White Cloud, Minn. The 38-year-old worker was 60 feet from the work area and was walking back to the job from a lunch break when they were struck by the falling tree, which had been infected with oak wilt. The worker died at […]
A man was killed when he was struck by a tree May 13, 2025, in Iowa County, Wisconsin. Keith J. Symon, 79, of Iowa County, was cutting logs with a tractor and a chain saw on his property. When he did not return home, officials searched the 80-acre property and found him. Officials believe the […]
A man died after palm fronds fell on him while he was trimming a palm May 10, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. Jaime Yepiz, 43, who had been in tree work for 12 years, was trimming the 50-foot tree when the skirt of fallen palm fronds pinned him against the trunk of the tree. The Phoenix […]
A man was killed when he fell from a tree he was cutting April 20, 2025, in Athens, Georgia. The 70-year-old man was tied to a rope about 50 feet up in a tree when he slipped through the rope and fell, landing on his back. The man’s son found him unconscious and not breathing, […]
A man died after a tree he’d just cut fell on top of him April 18, 2025, in Orange, Connecticut. Frank Gallipoli, 69, of Orange, was pinned under the tree. According to a New Haven Register report, family members called emergency responders, and the fire department used inflatable air bags to move the tree. The […]
