Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202003877 - Employee killed in fall while trimming tree

Accident Summary Nr: 202003877 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 07/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302631551	07/11/2000	0782	0	Scott'S Tree Service And Landscaping, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was sitting on a limb of a tree with his back to the trunk, cutting in front of him. Both Employee #1 and the lowering line were attached to another tree limb above. The climbing line was attached at a crotch where the branch met another offshoot. This branch had dry rot, and the crotch into which Employee #1 was tied was the weakest point. Employee #1 made the cut on his branch and when it fell the branch above cracked, gave way, and flew off the tree, carrying the cut branch and Employee #1. Employee #1 was catapulted about 90-feet on the diagonal, falling onto a concrete loading dock where he died of his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE LIMB, FALL, LOADING DOCK, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302631551			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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