During the past year, natural disasters rippled across the country, from hurricanes in the East to wildfires in the West. These disasters destroyed properties, disrupted essential services and, tragically, resulted in the loss of lives. They also left a trail [...]

An aspect of arboricultural operations that is given little attention is driving. But the trees do not come to us, we go to them. This means a lot of time in a truck. While driving incidents are not a leading [...]

Practicing aerial rescue. Age is irrelevant when it comes to electrical shock. All tree workers – young and old – need to know how to work safely around power lines. All photos courtesy of the author. They came [...]

Arborists work within an array of regulations, standards and policies. The foundation for these is the federal Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970. This Act mandated that workers have a safe and healthy workplace environment. There are two [...]

Contact with electrical current is the third-leading source of fatal incidents among arborists. About three-quarters of these incidents are aloft, either to a climber or aerial device operator. This means arborists must know how to perform aerial rescue. They also [...]