A 37-year-old worker from Tree of Life, a tree care company in Loomis, California, was found lying on the ground and unresponsive at a job site on Sept. 15, 2026. Despite lifesaving measures, the man was pronounced dead at the [...]

A tree worker suffered a medical emergency while trimming a palm, leaving him unconscious and stranded approximately 75 feet above the ground on April 24, 2026, in San Jose, California. Firefighters responded and, unable to reach him by conventional means, [...]

A tree worker who died on the job in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, was identified as 36-year-old Aaron Ligon McGarity of Bessemer. He was working for a tree company hired to remove a tree at a home. Officials say McGarity was [...]

On Monday, January 12, 2026, there was an accident in which an NJDOT employee named James Doran, 34, was killed during a tree-trimming operation in Moorestown, New Jersey. The incident is under investigation, and no other details were released. He [...]

Firefighters rescued an arborist who was stuck in a tree in Riverside, Ohio, on December 17, 2025, according to a social media post by the Riverside Fire Department.