Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 107513.015 - Employee Is Struck And Killed By Log Falling From Boom Grapp
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1331605.015 | 07/19/2018 | 561730 | Stanley Tree Service, Inc. |
Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on July 19, 2018, an employee and coworker were cutting trees. The employee had put a chainsaw back into a compartment on the driver's side of the truck. The coworker was operating a Palfinger Epsilon M13A boom with grapple to hoist a 10 foot long log up into a truck container. As the log was hoisted, it g ot caught on the edge of the top of the truck container, fell, and struck the em ployee. The employee sustained blunt force injuries to the head and torso and wa s killed.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1331605.015 | 46 | M | Fatality | Chainsaw Operator |