Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200622066 - Tree Falls On Excavator Killing Employee Inside

Accident Summary Nr: 200622066 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 07/08/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305598807	07/09/2002	1794	0	Land Maintenance & Development Llc

Abstract: At approximately 2 p.m. on July 8, 2002, an employee was clearing land with a track hoe. The employee dug around the lower side of a large double oak tree when it fell across the boom of the track hoe. The track hoe overturned, pinning the employee inside the cab and killing him.

Keywords: pinned, tree, excavator, struck by, falling object, overturn

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305598807			Fatality	Other	Grader, dozer and scraper operators

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