A worker died when he was trapped 30 feet up while trimming palm fronds October 17, 2024, in Bakersfield, California. Firefighters worked for more than two hours to remove the heavy fronds from Fermin U. Ortiz Leiva, 55, but he [...]

A worker died after he was struck by a motor vehicle while performing traffic control for a tree company October 18, 2024, in Yawkey, West Virginia. Venancio Motta Santos, 44, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, was flagging for a tree company when [...]

A tree-trimming contractor escaped injuries when a man fired shots at him, just missing the worker October 22, 2024, in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The 55-year-old suspect threatened to kill the tree worker, and was later arrested, according to a Fox [...]

A man was killed in a struck-by October 22, 2024, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. James Michael Scroggs, 48, of Moravian Falls, North Carolina, was clearing hurricane debris with a chain saw when he was struck by a large root [...]

A worker was killed when he was struck by a log October 25, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Christopher Kilpatrick, 37, of Taylorsville, Utah, released a strap on a truckload of logs being delivered at a dump site when [...]