It took emergency crews about an hour to free a crane operator from the cab of the machine after the crane toppled onto two homes while crews were performing tree work on October 28, 2021, in Worcester, Massachusetts. The crane was being used to cut or remove trees before it toppled over onto the first […]
A man was run over and injured by a truck that was towing a wood chipper on October 27, 2021, in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania. The truck either lost its brakes or the driver lost control and struck a man who was standing in front of a stump grinder, trapping him between the truck and the […]
A lift operator was electrocuted and a co-worker injured while trimming trees on October 26, 2021, in Abilene, Texas. Alan James Maxey, 31, was killed and a 24-year-old male was injured while working for a local tree-trimming company at a home. The 24-year-old, who was not identified, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. First responders were […]
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. […]
A homeowner was injured when he fell while cutting a limb from a tree on September 23, 2021, in East Alton, Illinois. The man was attempting to cut a tree limb down when the limb fell, taking the homeowner with it. The man fell 10 to 15 feet, and the tree limb landed on top […]
