Accident Report Detail
Accident: 119843.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Falling Branch
Accident: 119843.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/05/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1430887.015 | 09/06/2019 | Cummins Enterprises, Inc | |||||
At 9:00 a.m. on September 5, 2019, an employee was in the process of cleaning a manhole as part of an overall operation to clear a worksite. A coworker was usin g an excavator to knock down trees. The employee heard the coworker idle down th e excavator and assumed it was safe to approach within 75 feet of the tree felli ng operation. At the same time, the last tree the coworker knocked down struck a second tree that was 15 feet away from the employee. The second tree was knocke d over and a branch struck the employee on the head. The employee received blunt force trauma that killed him. | |||||||
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, cleaning, clearance, excavator, falling object, head, struck by, tree, tree felling, tree limb
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Pipeline | Other | 0 | 0 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
1 | 1430887.015 | 31 | M | Fatality | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: |