Tree surgeon killed in horrific freak accident after branch springs back thrusting chainsaw into his neck



A tree surgeon was killed when his chainsaw was pushed back into his neck and shoulder by a powerful branch.



Adam Baldock, 27, fell 20ft from a tree after the chainsaw was forced into the left side of his neck as he worked in Mitcham, Surrey.

It is thought that he was trying to remove a large branch which sprang back on the industrial saw and pushed it back towards him.

Tree surgeon: Adam Baldock was working on Varley Way in Mitcham, Surrey, when he was killed

His death is not being treated as suspicious.

A police spokesman said: 'He was fatally injured while working as a tree surgeon.

'It seems he was trying to cut a branch and it pushed the chainsaw back at him.'

On the day Mr Baldock died he had been celebrating his third anniversary with girlfriend Katie Walker.

The couple have an 18-month-old daughter called Crystal together and were planning to get married.

'He was the perfect father and partner,' Miss Walker told The Sun.

Tragedy: Adam Baldock was working for tree surgery firm Acacia when he was killed

She left a card at the scene of his death which read: 'being with you made me the happiest girl in the world.'

Mr Baldock of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was working at Varley Way in Mitcham, Surrey, when the accident happened at around 2pm last Wednesday.



He had only been working as a tree surgeon with Kent-based company Acacia for a year.

A health and safety team is also investigating his death because it was an accident at work.

