OSHA: U.S. Department of Labor Initiative Seeks to Reduce Deaths, Injuries, Protect Workers in New England's Tree, Landscaping Operations
September 15, 2021
September 15, 2021
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release:
In Connecticut, a tree branch contacted a live high-voltage power line as a worker in an aerial lift cut it, electrocuting him. In Massachusetts, a falling tree branch struck and killed a worker cutting down oak trees, while a falling tree limb struck an elevated bucket lift, ejecting the worker whose fall was fatal. In nearby Rhode . . .
In Connecticut, a tree branch contacted a live high-voltage power line as a worker in an aerial lift cut it, electrocuting him. In Massachusetts, a falling tree branch struck and killed a worker cutting down oak trees, while a falling tree limb struck an elevated bucket lift, ejecting the worker whose fall was fatal. In nearby Rhode . . .