The fall protection the climber on the left is wearing is a climbing saddle with an attached upper-body harness; the lift operator on the right has a full-body harness. Both are compliant for their respective applications. Photos courtesy of SavATree. [...]

Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is what you need when everything else has gone wrong. You don’t need a helmet until your head has been impacted by an outside force, usually a branch stub. You don’t need cut-resistant leg protection [...]

Cameron Martins, a climber and equipment operator with Stanley Tree Service, Inc., a dual-accredited, 32-year TCIA member company in Smithfield, Rhode Island, sporting his Pit Viper, Z87-rated eye protection on the job. Photo courtesy of Stanley Tree Service, Inc. Bruce [...]

Minor injuries suspected when aerial lift tips An aerial lift being used for line-clearance tree trimming tipped over January 6, 2022, on the shoulder of a road in Hayden, Idaho, taking down power lines and causing a power outage to [...]

Proper fall protection is a must when working in an aerial-lift bucket. Too often, aerial-lift operators die from a fall after they choose not to wear fall protection. Here, a Harrison McPhee employee puts on a safety harness prior to [...]