Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200230753 - Employee killed when tree limb crushes excavator cab

Accident Summary Nr: 200230753 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 07/31/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302582515	09/28/1999	1794	0	Dick Godfrey Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a tracked excavator to push over cottonwood trees when a large tree branch fell and struck him as he sat in the vehicle's cab. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Demolition		Under $50,000		75	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302582515			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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