bucket truck

Accidents Fatality 

PPL contractor dies in Martic Township

November 14, 2019November 16, 2019 Staff 6 Views 29, bucket truck, PA, struck by, tree care professional

Martic Township, PA – 29-year-old Manuel C. DeJesus died while working in a bucket truck on Thursday afternoon. Reports say

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Accidents injury 

Tree worker injured after bucket truck overturns

October 25, 2019October 26, 2019 Staff 66 Views 48, bucket truck, Equipment failure, fall, NY, overturn

Saugerties, NY – 48-year-old Glen Thorne was injured after the bucket truck he was operating overturned. Police stated that Thorne

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Accidents Fatality 

Tree worker falls 20 feet from bucket truck

October 23, 2019October 26, 2019 Staff 51 Views 59, bucket truck, Ejected, Equipment failure, no safety harness, SC, tree care professional

Inman, SC – 59-year-old Lewis “Buck” Mcdonald Jr. died in a 20-foot fall from a bucket truck. Reports say Mcdonald was

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Accidents Fatality 

Tree worker dies after being hit by a limb

September 19, 2019September 20, 2019 Staff 159 Views 28, bucket truck, MA, struck by, tree care professional

Swansea, MA – 28-year-old Taylor Bowen died after being hit by a limb while working in Swansea. Swansea police responded

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Accidents Fatality 

Electrocution claims the life of East Peoria man

September 7, 2019September 10, 2019 Staff 194 Views 62, bucket truck, direct contact, electrocuted, IL, wires

East Peoria, IL – 62-year-old Gordon Sweatt died after being electrocuted in a workplace accident. Reports say that emergency personnel

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Accidents injury 

Tree worker injured after bucket truck overturns in Devon, PA

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 Staff 1822 Views bucket truck, overturn, PA, rescued, tree care professional, unknown age, wires

Devon, PA – An unidentified tree worker was seriously injured when the rear mount bucket truck he was operating overturned.

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Accidents Fatality injury 

One man dies and another injured after boom failure in Oconto County

August 2, 2019August 23, 2019 Staff 125 Views 28, bucket truck, fall, tree care professional

Brazeau, WI – 28-year-old Zachary Rusch died after he and a co-worker fell 40 feet. Rusch and his co-worker, 26-year-old

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Accidents injury 

Line clearance tree trimmer critically injured while working near power lines

July 22, 2019July 27, 2019 Staff 311 Views bucket truck, CA, shocked, tree care professional, unknown age, wires

Santa Barbara, CA – An unidentified man was injured while trimming trees near power lines. Reports say that Santa Barbara

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Accidents Fatality 

Man electrocuted trimming trees near high voltage wires

February 7, 2019February 9, 2019 Staff 147 Views 26, Australia, bucket truck, electrocuted, tree care professional, wires

Hughesdale, Australia – A 26-year-old man has died after coming into contact with overhead power wires. Reports say that the

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