Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170070312 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree branch

Accident Summary Nr: 170070312 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 01/25/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104480439	01/28/1991	1794	0	Ventura Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, age 19, and a coworker were assigned to take down two dead trees. Employee #1 was standing approximately 40 ft away from one of the dead trees, which the coworker was going to knock down with a John Deere loader. After the initial push against the tree, several branches fell. The coworker checked and saw Employee #1 standing in the same area, so he pushed the tree again. Several more branches fell; one of them cracked the windshield of the loader and another struck Employee #1 on the head, killing him. Neither employee was wearing a hard hat or eye protection. Tree clearing was not part of the their regular job responsibilities, and they had not been trained in safe tree clearing practices.

Keywords: HEAD, HARD HAT, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, PPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104480439			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers

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