Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 92862.015 - Employee Struck By Falling Tree Trunk And Is Killed

**Accident: 92862.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 02/03/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1208107.015	02/06/2017		Shc Cove Corporation

At 12:18 p.m. on February 3, 2017, an employee was working with a Deere 50D mini excavator pushing a trunk over from an 87 foot tall pine tree. The employee st opped work on that trunk and went to another trunk and started to expose the roo t ball. Coworkers saw the original tree leaning towards the employee and yelled to him. The employee began backing away from the falling tree, left the ROP ca b of the excavator, and was immediately struck by the tree trunk. The employee was killed when hit by the trunk.

Keywords: excavator, struck by, tree felling

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1208107.015	44	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause:

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