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Accident Summary Nr: 160660.015 - Employee dies of head trauma when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 160660.015 -- Report ID: 0419730 -- Event Date: 10/06/2023
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1702178.01510/06/2023517311Embarq Florida Inc

Abstract: At 2:17 p.m. on October 6, 2023, an employee working as a technician for a telecommunications company was repairing an underground fiber optic line. At 1:23 p.m. the employee arrived onsite and was working alone on a road near a bike path. Sometime between 1:23 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., the employee was struck by a falling dead tree. The tree had struck both the employee and his vehicle. An unknown person called 911 and the County Sheriff responded to incident. The Sheriff notified a coworker (employee's supervisor) at 3:00 p.m. The employee had died at the scene of a concussion and contusions to his body and head.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cable, Concussion, Contusion, Falling Object, Flying Object, Head, Installing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Struck Against, Struck By, Telecom Work, Torso, Tree, Tree Section

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1702178.015 51 F Fatality Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers

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