Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200461788 - Employee Dies After Struck By Falling Tree Branch
Accident: 200461788 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 10/21/2004 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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308103159 | 10/22/2004 | 0783 | P & J Tree Service | ||||
At approximately 4:59 p.m. on October 21, 2004, Employee #1 was cutting felled branches while the owner of the company, elevated in a bucket of a Ford F-500 bucket truck, was cutting other tree limbs. A tree limb fell to the ground and struck Employee #1 in the back of his head. Employee #1 was hospitalized and died the next day. | |||||||
Keywords:
tree pruner, head, tree felling, tree limb, tree, truck, struck by, concussion, falling object
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 308103159 | Fatality | Concussion | Timber cutting and logging occupations |