March 18, 2024

Worker electrocuted

A worker was electrocuted while trimming a tree from the bucket of an aerial-lift truck March 18, 2024, in Stilwell, Oklahoma. Dalton Stevens, 23, of Tahlequah, Okla., was trimming a Bradford pear tree with another employee in the bucket when Dalton was killed. The power line was approximately 15 feet away, and the direct cause of the accident was not known, according to a report relayed directly to TCIA staff.

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