A tree worker was injured by electric shock while working in an aerial-lift bucket February 13, 2023, in Oakland City, Indiana. The man was breathing when emergency personnel arrived. He was flown via medical helicopter to a hospital for treatment, according to an msn.com report.
A worker was injured January 25, 2023, in Cohasset, Massachusetts, when he was struck in the head by a limb cut by a co-worker. The 27-year-old man was wearing a helmet. He was taken to the hospital for traumatic head injuries, according to a WHDH report.
A man fell from a ladder while trimming trees at his home in Sarasota, Florida, January 19, 2023. The man, Florida congressman Greg Stoef, 44, of Sarasota, was admitted to the intensive-care unit with severe but non-life-threatening injuries. Stoef fell approximately 25 feet when he was knocked off the ladder, according to a Miami Herald […]
A tree worker was injured January 18, 2023, in Woodstock, Connecticut, when a tree fell on the worker. The victim had serious injuries, but they were not life threatening, according to an NBC Connecticut report.
An employee with the Normandy, Missouri, public works department was killed on the job January 9, 2023, in Normandy, Mo., when a tree he was cutting hit him. Harold Parker, 57, and three other public-works employees were removing trees that had recently been marked for removal. The cut tree that struck Parker also struck a […]
