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Accident Summary Nr: 170948.015 - Employee dies of chest trauma when struck by branch that sna

Accident Summary Nr: 170948.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 10/11/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1781543.015	10/11/2024		561730	Hoxie Feedyard Llc

Abstract: At 12:10 p.m. on October 11, 2024, an employee was working as a heavy equipment operator for a landscape contractor. The employee was using a Caterpillar 330D L Hydraulic Excavator boom and bucket to uproot trees and remove tree debris into a debris pile along a fence line. A 25-foot by 12-inch branch snapped and pierced the windshield of the excavator entering the operator cab. The branch struck the employee and killed him.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Bucket , Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Debris, Demolish, Demolition, Equipment Operator, Excavator, Flying Object, Hydraulic Equipment, Landscaper, Landscaping, Machine operator, Operator, Struck By, Training, Tree, Tree Branch, Tree Felling, Tree Limb, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Demolition				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1781543.015	61	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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