Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 127887.015 - Employee is killed when struck by log
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1477251.015 | 06/04/2020 | 0783 | 561730 | 111052 - That Tree Feller Llc |
Abstract: At 1:57 p.m. on or about June 1, 2020, a crew consisting of Employee # 1, a tree trimmer, and Coworker # 1 and Coworker # 2, two cleanup members, were called to a private residence to remove a maple tree. Employee # 1 was in a bucket with a chainsaw cutting down the limbs while Coworker # 1 and Coworker # 2 picked up the debris. The crew removed the brush and was in the process of blocking down the limbs to the inner tree log. Employee # 1 started to walk into the drop zone and the other two Coworkers called to him to come back. Employee #1 stopped walking, turned around, and a log came down and struck him. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1477251.015 | 36 | M | Fatality | Occupation not reported |