A tree worker was taken to the hospital by helicopter after a fall from a bucket truck in Tolland, Massachusetts, on February 13, 2026, and later died of his injuries. The worker was identified as Jeffrey Gerrish.

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 [...]

A man died when his pole saw made contact with an electrical line July 30, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. Alex Quintanilla, 40, of San Antonio, was helping a neighbor trim a tree when the saw he held made contact [...]

A climber died August 7, 2025, in Morrison County, Minnesota, when the tree he was working in collapsed. Daniel Dickman, 57, of Hillman, was cutting a large tree in sections when a section swung into the section he was standing [...]

A worker died when he was struck by a palm he was cutting August 7, 2025, in Tucson, Arizona. Havier Palafox, 40, whose place of residence was not listed in the report, was cutting a palm when a large section [...]