In the wake of two serious on-the-job accidents in Connecticut, Northeast Utilities has canceled all its New England contracts with Trees, Incorporated, the company whose workers were injured and killed.
It comes less than a week after an Amtrak train collided with a tree-trimming truck and wood chipper in Berlin, injuring five people. The Trees, Inc. crew was reportedly trying to turn around but a locked gate stranded them on the tracks in the path of the oncoming passenger train.
About 10 days earlier, a Trees, Inc. worker was killed while cutting trees for Connecticut Light & Power in Meriden.
“We have canceled our contract with Trees, Incorporated and they are no longer working on our system,” said CL&P spokesman Mitch Gross. This includes all Northeast Utilities contracts in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Trees, Inc. had not returned a request for comment at the time of publication.