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    Firefighters, tree trimmers attacked by bees

    http://www.abc15.com/content/news/southe..._6brvZuJ5A.cspx MESA, AZ – Several firefighters and three men were attacked by bees in a Mesa neighborhood Tuesday morning. Three men were cutting down branches from a mature tree at a residence near Brown Road and Center Street. One man was 10 to 12...
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    Man hit by tree limb is in critical condition

    http://www.journalpatriot.com/fullstory.asp?id=1721 A North Wilkesboro man injured in a tree-cutting accident Thursday morning was listed in critical condition at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem late this morning. Emergency personnel said Glenn Miller was struck in the head by a limb when...
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    Firefighters Rescue Tree Trimmer From Palm Tree

    http://cbs2.com/local/Tree.Trimmer.Stuck.2.1235761.html SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBS) Firefighters rescued the man in about half an hour. A professional tree trimmer was rescued Thursday after he became stranded in a palm tree, a fire official said. The man was reportedly stuck about 25 feet up...
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    Electrical Wire Tears Apart Tree

    Almost as bad as the BG&E big burn that lasted more than 30 minutes.
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    Electrical Wire Tears Apart Tree

    http://www.break.com/index/electrical-wire-tears-apart-tree.html
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    One man electrocuted, another injured working on t

    http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091...working-on-tree One man was killed an another injured Tuesday morning while they were cutting down a dead tree in southwest Alachua County and a rope attached to a branch came in contact with electrical lines. Glover Hines, 57, was killed, said...
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    Man's head crushed by trailer

    Man\'s head crushed by trailer http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26174485-29277,00.html A WORKER is in a serious condition after his head was crushed between a trailer and a truck in Victoria. It is understood the 27-year-old man was removing pine trees and re-positioning a mobile wood...
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    Tree Trimming Tragedy

    http://www.cbs3springfield.com/news/local/63576057.html A freak accident kills a Franklin County man. Firefighters rushed to Warner Hill Road in Charlemont where they found a man trapped under a tree. The Northwestern District Attorney's office identified the man as 60 year old Lawrence Parker...
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    Weekend accomplished:

    Thanks for making me feel at home in Texas, Oakwilt. It was my first, but not last, trip to the Lone Star State. I appreciate the time you took to show us around your neck of the woods, and rock. It was great to learn about Texas trees, geography, geology, history, and philosophy while getting...
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    Safety Topics

    Transportation-related safety (MUTCD/DOT stuff) Ergonomics
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    One of those days...

    So, today was a Monday... This picture represents the best thing to happen to me in about a 2 hour period. I was chunking down wood while the groundy was dumping chips (he had forgotten to dump them before coming to the job and we would have finished the job if he was empty). One piece...
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    Fallen Arborist Fund?

    Why is it that we hear, after someone is killed, that they did not have enough (or, often, any) insurance? We rally together after the fact to help out the family of our fallen comrade, why don't we do something to help out BEFORE these things happen? Why don’t we do things to encourage people...
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    Cleveland man killed in tree-cutting accident

    http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/sep/09/cleveland-man-killed-tree-cutting-accident/ CLEVELAND, Tenn. — An East Tennessee man has been killed in a tree-cutting accident. A Bradley County Sheriff's Department statement said 48-year-old John Robert Johnson of Cleveland was moving a large log...
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    OSHA issues final rule updating PPE standard

    http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=FEDERAL_REGISTER&p_id=21092
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    Tree trimmer killed in 40 foot fall

    http://www.cbs12.com/news/fall-4721214-foot-tree.html Tree trimmer killed in 40 foot fall in West Boynton Beach, worker identified The deceased in this accident has been identified as 27 year old Nicholas Vitrano. Preliminary investigation indicates that Vitrano, who owns Team Expo Inc., was...
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    Londonderry man hurt in chainsaw accident

    http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_257231802.html?keyword=secondarystory LONDONDERRY — A Londonderry man cutting trees at his Holton Circle home was flown by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital after a tree fell on him. The man was cutting a tree just before 11 a.m. Sunday...
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    Job injuries worse after Daylight Saving shift

    http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5895NS20090910 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When the clock "springs forward" an hour for Daylight Saving Time, on-the-job injuries may follow, according to a new study in the Journal of Applied Psychology. "On that day when you lose an hour of...
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    Tree trimming death deemed an accident

    http://www.maysville-online.com/articles/2009/09/11/local_news/doc4aab197580de3560241343.txt AUGUSTA -- In a split second, a task turned into a tragedy in Augusta on Thursday evening. Charles N. White, 30-year-old son of Dennis and Ruth White, was trimming a tree at a property on the south...
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    Safety and liability

    Chippers, OSHA and ANSI Z133.1 Here is what OSHA has to say regarding chippers, from: Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR) Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution. - 1910.269 1910.269(r)(2) "Brush chippers." 1910.269(r)(2)(i) Brush chippers shall be equipped with a locking...
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    Tree surgeon tragedy

    http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/Tree-surgeon-tragedy.5631426.jp A SHEFFIELD tree surgeon died after his chainsaw slashed his neck while he was pruning a tree on Fulwood Road. David Hopkinson, aged 21, was working in an ash tree at the home of a retired anaesthetist last October. The...

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