Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 156062.015 - Employee is killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 156062.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 05/03/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1667970.015	05/04/2023		561730	Art'S Tree & Lawn Services Llc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on May 3, 2023, an employee, the owner of the tree and lawn service, was felling and trimming trees in a residential yard when the branches of a tree he was felling got hung up in another tree. The employee climbed into the skid steer bucket and was lifted to where the branches were hung up in the adjacent tree when the base of the tree trunk that he was felling slid down the hill. This caused the branch from the adjacent tree to break and the felled tree then struck the employee and crushing his head, neck, and chest between the tree and the skid steer bucket. The employee suffered blunt force trauma to his head, neck, and chest and was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chain Saw, Chest, Crushed, Crushing, Falling Object, Head, Loader Bucket, Neck, Skid Steer loader, Struck By, Tree Care, Tree Felling, Tree Trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1667970.015	43	M	Fatality		Forestry workers, except logging

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