With 70-foot (21-meter) tall trees being felled on a lot that was only 100 feet (30 meters) square, workers didn't have a lot of room to get out of the way of falling trees. And one didn't. What Happened: A 20-year-old worker was removing branches and cutting up fallen trees while a tree-cutting machine was operating about 60 feet (18 meters) away. A cut pine tree about 70 feet (21 meters) tall came loose from the machine and struck the worker on the back of his head, killing him. The machine operator said a wind gust had wrenched the tree from the […]
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