Accident Report Detail
Accident: 136168.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Falling Branch
Accident: 136168.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 05/12/2021 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1530696.015 | 05/13/2021 | Searles Excavation Inc. | |||||
At 2:30 p.m. on May 12, 2021, an employee worked to fell a red oak tree. At some point, a five-inch diameter branch sheared off and fell approximately thirty-fi ve feet onto the employee's head. The employee received a crush injury to the sk ull and was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
crushed, falling object, head, skull, struck by, tree, tree felling, tree limb, tree shear
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1530696.015 | 51 | M | Fatality | Construction laborers |