Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110041.015 - Employee is crushed by palm tree skirt during frond removal

Accident Summary Nr: 110041.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/13/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1353141.015	10/13/2018		561730	Jose Contreras

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on October 13, 2018, an employee was removing two palm trees and had climbed one tree below its palm frond skirt. The employee began pulling the fronds off of the tree and was covered by the palm skirt when it fell over and trapped him. The employee was crushed and asphyxiated.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Buried, Crushed, Palm Tree, Tree Felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1353141.015	37	M	Fatality

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