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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 142126.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Falling Tree

**Accident: 142126.015 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 12/20/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1569677.015	12/21/2021		Lynn Construction, Llc

At 1:45 p.m. on December 20, 2021, an employee removed a wedged chainsaw bound i n a tree using an excavator. As the employee walked away with the chainsaw, the tree fell and struck the employee from behind. The employee received several bon e fractures and contusions that led to death from a heart attack.

Keywords: chain saw, contusion, excavator, falling object, fracture, heart attack, struck by, tree

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1569677.015	59	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Heavy	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause:

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