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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14352801 - Two Employees Cutting Brush Struck By Motor Vehicle

**Accident: 14352801 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 03/25/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
2302701	03/27/1986	0783	Asplundh Tree Expert Company

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING UNDERBRUSH FOR AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT RAN PARALLEL TO A MAJOR CITY STREET. A VEHICLE IN THE EAST BOUND LANE JUMPED THE CURB AND STRUCK THE TWO EMPLOYEES, KILLING THEM INSTANTLY. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS.

Keywords: highway, traffic accident, elec utility work, struck by, lost control, motor vehicle, tree trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	2302701			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	2302701			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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