Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115862.015 - Employee is struck by falling tree limb and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 115862.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 05/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1397451.015	05/01/2019		238910	Whitten Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on May 1, 2019, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a construction company, were felling and clearing a tree. Employee #1 and three coworkers were cutting large limbs on the ground. One coworker was operating an excavator with a bucket clamp attachment and moving large limbs that had been cut from the tree to the area where the other employees were working on the ground. For unknown reasons, Employee #1 ran underneath a limb being held by the excavator. The limb slipped out from the clamp and fell, striking Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Brain, Construction, Excavator, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Logger, Logging, Skull, Struck By, Tree, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1397451.015	50	M	Fatality		Construction laborers

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