Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 170620736 - Employee killed when struck in neck by chain saw
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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120192877 | 05/15/1995 | 0783 | 0 | Ace Tree Service |
Abstract: Employee #1, the foreman of a two-man crew that was cutting down a cedar tree at a private residence in Lafayette, was climbing the tree and cutting the branches with his own gas-powered chain saw while a groundsman was feeding the brush chipper. Employee #1 was about 25 feet up in the tree when he was cut in the neck with the chain saw. The groundsman noticed that Employee #1 had stopped cutting and was slumped forward and hanging by his rope. He was killed.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 120192877 | Fatality | Cut/Laceration | Personal service occupations, n.e.c. |