Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 138168.015 - Employee Is Killed When Basket Breaks Off From Boom

**Accident: 138168.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/16/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1547884.015	08/17/2021		Watkin Tree Pro Llc

At 1:45 p.m. on August 16, 2021, an employee was trimming tree limbs approximate ly 40 feet from the ground in the basket of an aerial boom truck when the basket broke off from the boom. The employee and the basket fell to the concrete groun d killing the employee instantly.

Keywords: basket, blunt force trauma, boom, boom truck, fall, tree trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1547884.015	50	M	Fatality		Hand cutting and trimming occupations

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