Three fatalities reported in TCIA report

treehumper

Carpal tunnel level member
Location
Ridgefield, NJ
All preventable deaths.

A struck by where a dead tree shatter and a portion struck the feller.

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2014/06/falling_tree_kills_whitehall_m.html

An electrocution where the worker was inside the safe limit of approach. His buck strap made contact with a 7.5 KV line.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/25786342/tree-trimmer-electrocuted-by-power-line-in-parkville

A fall out of a bucket. At least there was an admission that this was avoidable!

http://www.kvia.com/sports/tree-trimmer-falls-to-his-death-in-central-el-paso/26578676

None of these were "freak" accidents, all of them readily avoidable. While tragic, they were preventable.
 

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