Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170784383 - Power Line Clearance Worker Is Killed by Falling Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170784383 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/27/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119920106	09/27/2012	0783	561730	Davey Tree Surgery Co

Abstract: On September 27, 2012, an employee was working as a line clearance tree trimmer for Davey Tree Surgery, a tree trimming firm. He was falling a tree near a tower supporting an overhead power line owned by the electric utility Pacific Gas & Electric. As the tree fell, it hit another tree, causing the second tree to break and fall back, hitting the employee and causing him to sustain fractures. The employee was killed.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, FRACTURE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TREE FELLING, TREE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119920106			Fatality	Fracture	Forestry workers, except logging

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