Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 162389.015 - Tree falls and strikes employee causing fatality
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1716116.015 | 12/13/2023 | 238910 | Moorhead Contracting Inc |
Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on December 12, 2023, Employee #1 was working for a landscaping contractor. Employee #1 was manually felling trees with a chainsaw to create visibility for planes approaching an adjacent runway. On the day of the accident, Employee #1 had cut approximately 10 trees in this area. Employee #1 started making his cuts on the next tree and that tree fell suddenly and unexpectedly striking him in the back of the head, causing a fatality.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury |
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1 | 1716116.015 | 33 | M | Fatality |