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Lift operator killed in probable struck-by

A man was killed while attempting to cut down a large tree April 27, 2024, in Plaistow, New Hampshire. Police received a call about an unresponsive man in an elevated lift. Multiple crews, including an employee with the boom-lift rental company, worked to lower the basket to assess the injured man, who was pronounced dead […]

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Worker dies in struck-by

A tree worker was killed when he was struck by a limb while felling a tree April 16, 2024, in Cullman, Alabama. Phillips Pullium, 34, of Cullman, was struck while on a job site and was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to a Cullman Tribune report.

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Worker dies in fall from bucket truck

A worker was thrown from a bucket and killed when a rope broke April 4, 2024, in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Charles William Sloan Jr., 47, of South Chesterfield, Va., was working in a bucket approximately 50 feet up when a rope he’d attached to a tree or tree section broke, causing him to be ejected […]

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