Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 41484.015 - Employee falls from aerial device and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 41484.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 02/27/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
892207.015	02/27/2013		561730	Arbor Care, Inc.

Abstract: On February 27, 2013, Employee #1 was approximately 48 feet high in a boom lift bucket trimming a tree branch at a home. A coworker was holding the branch being cut with a rope from the ground so it could be lowered. Either the branch or the rope tied to tree hit the lift bucket which threw Employee #1 out of the bucket. Employee #1 hit the roof of the house next to the tree then fell onto the home's deck. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Ejected, Fall, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	892207.015	60	M	Fatality

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