Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149432.015 - Employee is killed when struck in head by anchor tool

Accident Summary Nr: 149432.015 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 09/07/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1620035.015	09/07/2022		561730	Huerta'S Tree Service & Development, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on September 7, 2022, an employee was cutting a tree branch. A Port-A-Wrap anchoring tool, with an improper and/or inadequate anchor point struck, and ropes were shock loaded and causing the Port-A-Wrap to hit the employee in the head. The employee suffered a head injury and was killed.

Keywords: Anchor, Flying Object, Head, Struck By, Traumatic, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1620035.015	40	M	Fatality		Forestry workers, except logging

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