A tree worker was killed when he was struck by a towable boom lift September 9, 2025, in Rockford, Michigan. The 43-year-old worker was trimming trees at a home when a boom lift “became unattached” and rolled down a hill, [...]
A worker was killed when he was struck by a cut tree September 16, 2025, in DeLand, Florida. A co-worker was in a bucket cutting a tree with a chain saw. He observed that the area below was clear and [...]
A man was killed by a cut limb October 4, 2025, in Peoria County, Illinois. Orin Richard C. “Rick” Burgess, 58, of Pekin, Ill., was on the ground clearing branches that had already been cut. Another man was cutting a [...]
A man was injured when he was struck by a tree he was cutting November 2, 2025, in West Penn Township, Pennsylvania. The man was reportedly air lifted to a medical facility, according to a WFMZ report.
A wildland firefighter supervisor was injured in a struck-by November 17, 2025, in Tillamook, Oregon. Dana Turner was working with her crew to remove a 70-foot noble fir, which was being cut for use as a Christmas tree, when it [...]




