Abstract: At 10:11 a.m. on May 26, 2007, Employee #1 of a local tree service was using a small gas chainsaw to trim the top of a palm tree. The employer had been hired by the property resident to remove the blossoms from the top of the palm tree that had been falling into a pool below. Employee #1 was wearing a tree saddle and climbing spurs; however, the hasp on one end of his safety rope/cable was not attached to his tree saddle. The owner of the tree service had not been following Employee #1's activities in the tree closely, but noticed the sudden movement as he fell 60 feet from the top of the tree. Fire department emergency services responded, but Employee #1 had died at the scene.