Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 85362.015 - Excavator Operator Is Killed When Tree Falls

**Accident: 85362.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 03/22/2016**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1134267.015	03/22/2016		Southwest Transport Co.

At approximately 12:45 p.m. on March 22, 2016, an operator of an excavator was c learing trees and brush from a drainage ditch to level and install a drain pipe. A tree fell on the cab of the excavator he was driving. The operator sustained head injuries and was killed.

Keywords: crushed, excavator, falling object, head, struck by, tree felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1134267.015	63	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Heavy

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