Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149068.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Falling Tree Branch

Accident Summary Nr: 149068.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 08/20/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1616620.015	08/20/2022	0783	561730	152593 - Barnes Brothers Tree Service, Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 a.m. on August 20, 2022, an employee was working on the ground as part of a landscaping crew. A coworker was working up in a tree that he was in the process of topping. When the coworker completed his final cut, the branch fell and struck the employee working below the tree. The employee sustained a head fracture and was killed.

Keywords: Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Landscaper, Landscaping, Struck By, Traumatic, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1616620.015	26	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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