Accident Report Detail
Accident: 115488.015 - Employee Falls From Tree While Trimming Branches And Fractur
Accident: 115488.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/02/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1394205.015 | 04/18/2019 | Villa Park Landscape | |||||
At 8:30 a.m. on April 2, 2019, an employee was trimming a pine tree that was app roximately 50 feet tall and had climbed approximately 15 feet to cut a branch. The employee fell from the tree and sustained multiple vertebra fractures. The employee had a positioning lanyard with him and had used it during previous clim bs; however, did not use it during this instance. The employee was taken to Ora nge County Global Hospital and was admitted. | |||||||
Keywords:
fall, fall protection, fracture, lanyard, ppe, tree trimming, vertebra
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1394205.015 | 34 | M | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |