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 […]
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.
A climber was electrocuted while working in a tree April 4, 2024, in Montville Township, New Jersey. The climber was cleaning up after a storm when the incident happened. He was transported to the hospital, where he died, according to a News12 report.
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 […]
A tree worker on the ground was electrocuted March 25, 2024, in Catskill, New York, when the crane he was working with made contact with a power line. Branden Luciano, 36, of Germantown, New York, was killed when the crane hit the power line and he came into contact with the crane. The crew was […]
