Accident Report Detail

Accident: 116663.015 - Tree Kills Heavy Equipment Operator

**Accident: 116663.015 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 05/24/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1404101.015	05/25/2019	4959	60846 - Pike County Fiscal Court Road Department

On May 24, 2019, a heavy equipment operator was using a track hoe to move a tree when it fell off the excavator bucket and broke the glass on the operator's cab . The employee was killed when the tree struck the controls of the excavator ca using it to move forward into the tree.

Keywords: control lever, excavator, struck against, tree

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1404101.015	61	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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