A worker was thrown from a bucket and killed when a rope broke April 4, 2024, in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Charles William Sloan Jr., 47, of South Chesterfield, Va., was working in a bucket approximately 50 feet up when a [...]

A man was seriously injured when a tree he was cutting struck and pinned him to the ground April 1, 2024, in Stratham, New Hampshire. Joel Paul of Stratham was helping a neighbor remove a large tree when it fell [...]

Before I joined Bartlett Tree Experts more than 15 years ago, I was president and CEO of a national tree care firm based in the Chicago area. One bright summer day, I was headed to the Baltimore area for a [...]

While it requires making some assumptions, recent fatality data indicates the rate of on-the-job deaths in the tree care industry may be as much as 11 times those of other industries. Meghan Schiereck/Unsplash There were 5,486 fatal work injuries recorded [...]

A tree worker’s guide to arriving safely to the job (while driving) We work in an industry where there are many safety factors in play – from working around faulty trees to working around power lines that could end your [...]