The General Assembly should adopt licensing and regulation requirements for Georgia’s tree care industry, a legislative study committee recommended Monday.
The House Study Committee on Safety & Consumer Protection in the Tree Care Industry was formed this year to look for ways to protect tree care workers from suffering deaths or injuries in an occupation identified by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as among the most hazardous in the country.
OSHA reported in 2020 that the fatality rate for tree trimmers and pruners may be as high as one in 1,000, nearly 30 times higher than the national death rate for all workers…