Chris Hastie, arboriculturalist and webmaster of the The UK Tree Care Mailing List.

Let's be honest here, it depends on where you are at what time. If you are passing by a wood side, it is a very windy day and the tree trunks are thin then there will be a 50% chance tree pruning flower mound getting hit by a tree.

But if you are there and it is a normal day, then I think that there will be a 30% chance you will be safe. ☺☻☺☻ views. OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) reports that on average, there are over landscape and tree fall fatalities every year.

Within the tree care industry, these numbers are even higher. In fact, the tree care industry is one of the most dangerous in America. So if a tree is to lose 6 large branches during a 75 year life math says that is one ever years or an 8% chance of it happening in any year. Of course the first twenty years of the tree's life it probably will not lose any meaningful branches so that becomes 6 over 50 years. 12% in any one year. Yup, a 12% chance of that branch falling.

Oct 17, With an average of over people killed per year in the US due to falling limbs or entire trees, a small but significant life-threatening risk exists with any tree with dead or dying limbs. Even relatively small-looking branches can hit someone with hundreds of pounds of force - especially when wet and falling - leading to costly hospital bushleaning.barted Reading Time: 4 mins.

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