Two tree workers were injured when a climbing or rigging rope was accidentally fed into a chipper during or prior to November 2020 in Easton, Maryland. A man was in his home when he heard “a horrific grinding noise and screaming.” Outside, where a tree crew was cleaning up trees damaged in storms earlier that […]
An aerial-lift operator was seriously injured on November 5, 2020, in Reisterstown, Maryland, after a tree or tree part struck the bucket he was in, knocking the operator out of the bucket and causing him to fall 30 to 40 feet to the ground. The man was taken to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center […]
A climber suffered serious injuries on November 2, 2020, in Mystic, Connecticut, after falling 50 feet when the tree he was cutting failed. The victim, a 25-year-old man who was a contractor, was in the process of limbing and topping the tree for removal. The man had just cut the top off the tree when […]
A tree worker was seriously injured in a fall of 10 to 15 feet from the bucket of his aerial-lift truck on October 29, 2020, in Indian River County, Florida. The man, described as being in his 30s, was conscious when firefighters arrived. Indian River County Fire Rescue took the man to Lawnwood Regional Medical […]
A postal worker helped save a man who had cut himself with a chain saw on October 9, 2020, in Norwalk, California. Postal carrier Fernando Garcia was on his route in Norwalk when he heard a call for help. When he got close to the source, he found a man on the ground. “When he […]
