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Accident: 14485189 - Employee Killed When Struck In Head By Falling Tree Branch

Accident: 14485189 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 11/27/1987
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10066862312/01/19872421Fitzpatrick & Weller, Inc.
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM ON NOVEMBER 27, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FELLING A HEMLOCK TREE. A BRANCH (WIDOW-MAKER) FROM A HARD MAPLE TREE DISLODGED, FELL, AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD. THE IMPACT OF THE BRANCH BROKE HIS NECK.
Keywords: fracture, head, tree felling, tree limb, lodged tree, neck, struck by
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 100668623 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported

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