Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200461788 - Employee Dies after Struck by Falling Tree Branch

Accident Summary Nr: 200461788 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 10/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308103159	10/22/2004	0783	561730	P & J Tree Service

Abstract: At approximately 4:59 p.m. on October 21, 2004, Employee #1 was cutting felled branches while the owner of the company, elevated in a bucket of a Ford F-500 bucket truck, was cutting other tree limbs. A tree limb fell to the ground and struck Employee #1 in the back of his head. Employee #1 was hospitalized and died the next day.

Keywords: TREE PRUNER, HEAD, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, TREE, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308103159			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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