TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA—
Fielder Tree Services, L.L.C.
Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was working out of a bucket truck to cut off the top of a pine tree when the tree top fell and hit the boom of the bucket truck. The employee was ejected 40 feet out of the truck to the surface below, suffering facial and back fractures.
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