A climber with Seacoast Tree Care, LLC, an accredited, 14-year TCIA member company based in Stratham, New Hampshire, ascends with his saw while pruning some beach-side pines. Photo courtesy of Seacoast Tree Care. Chain saws are among the most basic [...]

Man electrocuted in tree A man was electrocuted when he apparently made contact with a power line while in a tree March 7, 2021, in Baltimore, Maryland. First responders received reports of a man stuck in a tree. Investigators believe [...]

If you take a wrong step or load the crane too heavily, gravity could deposit you in the creek after a second or two of fall on a granite slope. That’s if you didn’t pull down one of six 60,000-volt [...]

There is a strong, positively correlated relationship between behavior and results. This is particularly true when it comes to risk management in tree care. Specifically, some behaviors observed in tree care operations can have disastrous consequences. Heinrich’s pyramid illustrates the [...]

Two injured in tree-truck crash Two people were injured in a crash involving an overturned aerial-lift truck February 4, 2021, in Santa Rosa, California. Firefighters with the Sonoma Valley Fire District had to extricate at least the driver from the [...]