Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152413.015 - Employee is killed in fall from tree

Accident Summary Nr: 152413.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 12/22/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1640829.015	12/22/2022		561730	Certified Tree Care Llc

Abstract: At 8:36 a.m. on December 22, 2022, an employee was working as part of a four-man crew taking down a dead tree that was approximately 40 feet tall from a residential property. The employee was wearing a climbing harness and tied his rope off to a limb approximately 35 feet high which was not capable of supporting his weight and was not tested. The limb the employee was supported from broke and he fell to the ground and was killed. The limbs on the ground that had been cut prior to the employee falling were visibly dry and rotted.

Keywords: Anchor, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Harness, Rope, Tree Care, Tree Climbing System, Tree Failure, Tree Felling, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1640829.015	54	M	Fatality

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