Accident Report Detail
Accident: 103557.015 - Landscaping Employee Falls While Descending From Tree
Accident: 103557.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/11/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1269374.015 | 10/11/2017 | Davey Tree Surgery Company | |||||
At 10:15 a.m. on September 11, 2017, an employee was working for a landscaping service. He was using a rope to descend a tree. His rope was not properly tied to a figure 8 and the rope came loose. The employee was not secured, and he fell a distance of over 3 meters (10 feet). He sustained a back injury that led to hospitalization in excess of 24 hours. | |||||||
Keywords:
tree trimming, fall protection, fall, back, tree, tie-off, rope
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1269374.015 | 37 | M | Hospitalized injury | Other | Supervisors, forestry and logging workers |