Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 155183.015 - Employee is killed after falling head first into stump grind

Accident Summary Nr: 155183.015 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 03/29/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1660916.015	03/30/2023		561730	Aults Tree Service

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on March 29, 2023, an employee working as a laborer for a tree service as attempting to remove a root from the ground during a stump removal project. The root was suddenly freed and the momentum as the employee pulled caused him to thrust him backward. The employee fell into the stump grinder wheel. The employee severely injured his head and died.

Keywords: Catch Point, Concussion, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Grinder, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Laceration, Lost Balance, Lost Control, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pulling, Removal, Struck Against, Stumper, Supervision, Tree, Tree Section, Tree Stumping, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1660916.015	17	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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