Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102253.015 - Employee is killed when pulled out of tree by falling limb

Accident Summary Nr: 102253.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 09/10/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1262875.015	09/11/2017		561730	Freddie Couch

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on September 10, 2017, Employee #1 was approximately 30 feet up in a tree, about to make a cut in the trunk of the tree. The employee was using tools and equipment including a hard hat, safety glasses, spikes, climbing line, lanyard, arborist saddle, and chain saw to perform his work tasks. Employee #1 made his cut with a chain saw. When the 17 foot section started to fall, a part of it caught his climbing line, which was attacked to his arborist saddle, and pulled him down with it. Employee #1 sustained fractures to his legs and ribs and was killed.

Keywords: Chain Saw, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, PPE, Rib, Struck By, Tree, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1262875.015	37	M	Fatality

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