OCEAN RIDGE, Fla. (CBS12) — A South Florida tree-trimming business has been fined as a result of a fatal wood-chipper accident last January in Ocean Ridge. According to the Occupational Safety and ...

A new alert from Washington State’s Department of Labor & Industries urges employers to strengthen fall protection, supervision, and rigging practices after multiple fatal tree trimming incidents.

Too many serious injuries and deaths annually are caused by inexperienced persons trying to do their own tree pruning. In most cases, the individual was trying to work off the ground on a ladder or ...