The first two items occurred in August 2021, but were not included in the Accident Briefs for the month of August in the October 2021 issue of TCI. Type & number of incidents for August and September 2021 Tree worker [...]

Type & number of incidents for August 2021 Man electrocuted using pole saw A man died after he was shocked while trimming trees from a ladder August 13, 2021, near Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office reported that Noah [...]

Type & number of incidents for July 2021. Worker killed felling tree A tree worker died July 1, 2021, in Orlando, Florida, when a tree he was removing for a local church fell on him. The church had hired a [...]

Type & number of incidents for June 2021. Homeowner killed in struck-by A homeowner was killed when he was struck in the head by a tree or tree limb while cutting trees on his property June 10, 2021, in Smiths [...]

Type & number of incidents for May 2021. Climber rescued from palm A climber trimming a palm was rescued by firefighters May 6, 2021, in Spring Valley, California, after becoming stuck in a palm-frond skirt 70 feet up. Just before [...]