A tree trimmer died after getting caught in a wood chipper while trimming trees at a town hall near Miami, officials said.

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.

A Mulberry-based fertilizer company neglected “basic safety measures” in the death of a 29-year-old woman working at one of its plants, an area director for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said.

Last year, the Legislature stripped local governments of the power to enact protections, saying a county-by-county approach would be cumbersome for employers. Sponsors say the new bill addresses those concerns.

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.

A Florida drainpipe cleaning and maintenance company was cited and fined $16,131 for not taking measures to prevent a fatal explosion, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday.

Florida phosphatic fertilizer manufacturer was cited for failing to follow required safety standards, leading to fatal injuries of a 29-year-old process operator in July 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday.

The man in Ocean Ridge was caught head-first in a wood chipper up to his shoulders and was decapitated, media reports say.