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 [...]

Your Boots Are Your Solemates – Love Them, or They Will Leave You Illustration By Bryan Kotwica A pesar de ti y los miembros de tu equipo rudo, hay otro soldado silencioso y resistente en tu equipo: tu calzado de [...]

Type & number of incidents for the month. Climber rescued after trapped in palm fronds A tree trimmer who became trapped upside down in palm fronds was rescued by fellow climbers January 5, 2021, in Escondido, California. The man, who [...]

The first three items occurred in October and November but were missed in previous TCI Magazine Accident Briefs reports. Homeowner injured in struck-by A homeowner was severely injured October 1, 2020, in Edgecomb, Maine, when a large tree he was [...]