The operator of an aerial lift was electrocuted and his son was injured while trying to rescue him on October 1, 2021, in Melbourne Beach, Florida. The man was in the bucket of a lift working for a tree-trimming service when he accidentally made contact with an electric line while trimming trees behind a residence. […]
An aerial-lift operator was electrocuted on September 28, 2021, in Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin, when the bucket he was standing in came into contact with a power line. The man was taken to UW (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Hospital, where he later died, according to a WMTV report.
A man died September 26, 2021, in Wyoming, Minnesota, when a large limb of a partially fallen tree he was cutting rolled on top of him. The victim, a 65-year-old man, was pinned underneath the limb. His son called 911, but the man died, according to a KTOE radio report.
An aerial-lift operator from Tennessee died September 15, 2021, in the Page Community of Bell County, Kentucky, when he fell from the bucket he was using while doing tree work at a residence. Brian Terrence Parker, 54, of Tazewell, Tenn., owner of Parker Tree Company, was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers on scene determined […]
A tree worker was shot and killed allegedly by a co-worker on the job on September 14, 2021, in Portland, Oregon. Ryan Muniz of Keizer, Ore., died at the scene of multiple gunshot wounds. The suspect, Johnathan Gonzales-Salcido, 24, of Salem, Ore., reportedly ran away on foot and was found a short time later pushing […]
