Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 304474711 - IMPALED BY TREE BRANCH WHILE CUTTING BRUSH WITH TRACTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 304474711 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 01/14/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304474711	01/15/2002	1623	0	Valley Electric Membership Corporation

Abstract: An employee was driving an agricultural tractor pulling a bush hog. A tree branch entered the cab and impaled the employee in the groin. He died of his injuries.

Keywords: TREE LIMB, IMPALED, LAWN MOWER, TRACTOR, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304474711			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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