Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1071505 - The F A Bartlett Tree Expert Co

Inspection Information - Office: Avenel Area Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 3:47 p.m. on January 24, 1985, Employee #1 was using a gasoline-powered chain saw to trim branches from a tree. He had made the front part of a box cut on a branch and was making the final cut when he apparently slipped and the saw cut his safety line. He fell approximately 30 ft to the ground, striking his head against a pipe railing below the tree. Employee #1suffered a cranio-cerebral injury and was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, LIFELINE, CHAIN SAW, WORK RULES, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST, LACERATION, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, TREE TRIMMING