Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200358851 - Employees Falls from Tree, Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200358851 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 09/21/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314380213	09/23/2010	0783	561730	Danny Vandiford Dba Down East Tree Service

Abstract: On September 21, 2010, Employee #1 and coworkers were contracted to top and fell two trees. They felled the first tree with no problem. The second tree was determined to be diseased and dying. Employee #1 climbed the tree despite warnings that it might be rotten at the top. He tied off to one side of a fork in the tree and affixed a lowering rope to the remaining limb to be cut. He cut the limb and allowed it to swing free in order to lower it to the ground. The limb swung around adding weight to the first limb where Employee #1 was tied off. The tree broke off between 42 and 46 ft above the ground and the limb Employee #1 was tied off to fell. Employee #1 fell, landing on top of the branches and later died.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, STRUCK AGAINST, TREE, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314380213			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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