Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201174810 - Employee falls from tree and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201174810 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/23/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120341680	10/28/2003	0783	561730	Arbor Ii Tree Service

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on September 23, 2003, an employee was topping a tree that was being removed. He had made the face cut, and then while making the back cut, nicked his climbing rope. As the employee was getting ready to come down at the end of the day, he unhooked from the safety line and started to repel when the nicked climbing rope broke and he burned the tree to the ground. The employee suffered fractures of the pelvis, back and cheek. Two weeks after the accident the employee died during surgery on his pelvis.

Keywords: TREE PRUNER, ROPE, TREE, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120341680			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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