Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 82082.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Tree

**Accident: 82082.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 12/30/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1115547.015	12/31/2015		Wright Tree Service Of The West, Inc.

At 3:00 p.m. on December 30, 2015, an employee who was a foreman for a power lin e clearance crew, was operating a chain saw while elevated in a bay laurel tree approximately 54 feet high. The employee cut through his work lanyard with the chainsaw and fell to the ground. The employee was killed due to blunt force tra uma to the head and chest from the fall.

Keywords: chain saw, chest, fall, fall protection, head, power line worker, tree trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1115547.015	26	M	Fatality		Hand cutting and trimming occupations

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