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    May 20, 2024

    Worker electrocuted when chain saw hits power line

    By tcimagazine

    A tree worker was killed when his chain saw touched a power line May 20, 2024, in Ackworth, Georgia. The man was 75 feet up when the incident occurred. Firefighters removed the man’s body from the tree, according to an [...]

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    May 25, 2024

    Man electrocuted when chain saw hits power line

    By tcimagazine

    A man was electrocuted while cutting a tree May 25, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. Carl David Blaylock III, of White Settlement, Texas, was helping his uncle trim a tree when Blaylock’s chain saw hit a power line and he was [...]

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  • March 1, 2022

    Groundworker electrocuted

    By tcimagazine

    A groundworker was electrocuted during tree-trimming operations on March 1, 2022, in Madison, Wisconsin.

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  • March 9, 2022

    One killed, one injured by a cut tree

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    One worker was killed and another injured when a tree they were cutting fell the wrong way and struck them on March 9, 2022, in Omaha, Nebraska.

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  • March 16, 2022

    Worker killed in a wood chipper

    By tcimagazine

    A worker was killed in an incident involving a wood chipper on March 16, 2022, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

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