Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 173671.015 - Employee is fatality injured when struck by crane truck outr

Accident Summary Nr: 173671.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 01/20/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1799635.015	01/21/2025		561730	Possum?S Tree Service, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on January 20, 2025, Employee #1 working as a truck driver for a tree service was repairing a yard racking tool. The employee had just finished driving a crane to a jobsite. Coworker #1, the crane operator, was sitting on the passenger side when he hit the lever to engage the outriggers. Coworker #1 was looking through the hydraulic hoses and did not notice anything amiss. Coworker #2 told Coworker #1 that he appeared to have a hydraulic oil leak. Coworker #1 stepped down from the pedestal and looked underneath the crane truck. Coworker #1 noticed the Employee #1 laying under the truck. Employee #1 was fatally injured by a truck outrigger.

Keywords: Catch Point, Caught Between, Crane, Crane Operator, Crane Outrigger, Crushed, Delivery Work, Distracted, Engineering Controls, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, Miscommunication, Motor Vehicle, Struck By, Tree Care, Truck, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1799635.015	70	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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