Originally posted by Weaver:

35 hours of playtime here, not once have I died from a tree. The problem isn't the game, it's you. Stop being careless.

Nope wrong.
Edit: Did you see someone else die or get hurt from it, and now you play with extreme caution and actually don't really know about this? It seems unreasonably unlikely that someone spends this much time and doesn't experience collision with a chopped down tree.