Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121978.015 - Employee fractures hip in fall from tree while rappelling

Accident Summary Nr: 121978.015 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 10/28/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1441462.015	10/30/2019		561730	All Paradise Tree Service Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on October 28, 2019, an employee who had completed his work for a landscaping service was gathering up equipment and tools to put them away. The employee decided to retrieve a pulley that was left on the branch of a tree approximately 45 feet above the ground. The employee did this despite coworkers and a supervisor telling him not to do it. As the employee repelled from the tree with a rope, his hands became overheated and he let go of the rope part way down. The employee fell and struck the ground and fractured his right hip, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Landscaper, Landscaping, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulley, Rappelling, Tree

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1441462.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury

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