Falling trees are responsible for about 30 percent of all power outages. Trees also conduct electricity and create potential safety hazards when branches grow too close to power lines. For example, an unsuspecting child could climb an overgrown tree, come in contact with a live power line and risk electrocution. Electrocution is also a danger for workers employed to trim trees. Tree trimming is a necessary, but also dangerous job

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Every year, thousands of workers die or suffer injury as a result of ladders, scaffolds, poles, pipes, trimmers, chainsaws, vehicles and loads coming in contact with power lines. In […]