Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 82082.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 82082.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 12/30/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1115547.015	12/31/2015		561730	Wright Tree Service Of The West, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on December 30, 2015, an employee who was a foreman for a power line 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 trauma 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 Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1115547.015	26	M	Fatality		Hand cutting and trimming occupations

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