A tree trimmer died after getting caught in a wood chipper while trimming trees at a town hall near Miami, officials said.
Officials with OSHA are investigating the incident and the victim has yet to be identified as their next of kin has not be notified of their death
An OSHA investigation into a 24-year-old worker blown out of a storm drain to his death in a Port St. Lucie street uncovered one workplace safety violation. The July violation that investigators say cost Austin Falcon Rodriguez his life could cost Southeast Services of the Treasure Coast $16,131.
an area director for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. That area director is Tampa’s Danelle Jindra, the company is Mosaic Fertilizer, and Jindra’s statement was in the U.S. Department of Labor announcement about the proposed ...
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Rodriguez, a Port St. Lucie resident, was performing maintenance work inside an underground drainage pipe near Southwest Becker Road and Southwest Village Parkway wh
OCEAN RIDGE, Fla. (WPEC) — A man was killed after he was caught in a wood chipper in Florida. The deadly accident occurred Tuesday 9:30 a.m. while the man, a contracted tree trimming vendor with Carlton Tree Service, was trimming trees by himself on the first day of a project at the town hall and police department property.
Florida officials said a man was killed on Tuesday in a wood-chipper accident at a town hall. WPEC reported that the contracted tree trimming vendor with Carlton’s Tree Service was on a project at Ocean Ridge Town Hall and Police Department property when the accident occurred.
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A Florida tree-trimmer died in a horrifying accident when he was pulled headfirst into a woodchipper and decapitated Tuesday morning.
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