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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 48846.015 - Employee Is Struck By Falling Tree And Is Killed

**Accident: 48846.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 04/29/2013**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
903941.015	04/30/2013		Jose Manuel Cruz Mora

At 5:00 p.m. on April 29, 2013, Employee #1 and a coworker were cutting trees an d grinding tree limbs. The coworker was making the final tree cut when Employee #1 walked over to him and pushed on the tree. The tree fell on Employee #1, stri king him in the head and killing him.

Keywords: falling object, head, struck by, tree, tree felling, tree limb

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000	1	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	903941.015	24	M	Fatality		Construction laborers

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