Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152456.015 - Employee is killed in fall with tree

Accident Summary Nr: 152456.015 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 12/28/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1641052.015	12/29/2022		561730	Tom Mullan Tree Service

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on December 28, 2022, an employee was working as a member of a crew removing an ash tree approximately 50-feet tall using a hydraulic truck crane. The employee was lifted into the tree with the crane and tied into the tree at a height of about 30-feet. The employee attached a choker to the upper part of the tree so that it could be lifted with the crane. The employee cut the upper part of the tree and it was lifted off with the crane when the lower section of the tree fell over with the employee tied to it. The employee rode the falling tree to the ground and was killed due to blunt force trauma. Inspection of the tree after the incident found the tree had undetected root rot which caused it to fall over.

Keywords: Anchor, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Harness, Rope, Tie-Off, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1641052.015	57	M	Fatality		Forestry workers, except logging

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