Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160804.015 - Employee dies when struck by branch

Accident Summary Nr: 160804.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 09/28/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1703727.015	10/17/2023		238910	Jimax Landscape Llc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on September 28, 2023, a four-man crew was sent to a residence to remove a tree. Coworker #1, the foreman, directed the crew and stationed Coworker #2, who was operating the chipper, Coworker #3, who was operating a skid steer, and Employee #1, who was to start bucking limbs on the ground. Coworker #1 got into a bucket truck and started cutting limbs from the top of the tree. Piles were created on the ground. Coworker #1 communicated to Employee #1 to start bucking the limbs on the ground. Coworker #1 was still conducting cutting activities overhead. Coworker #1 had cut a limb which struck another limb that broke free and hit Employee #1 in the head. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat a broken vertebrae in the neck and an inoperable brain bleed/clot. Employee #1 died on October 15, 2023.

Keywords: Blood Clot, Blunt force trauma, Brain Bleed, Broken Bone, Bucket Truck, Bucking, Chipper, Head, Neck, Skid Steer loader, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1703727.015	63	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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