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Accident: 200515179 - Owner Is Killed When Tree Crushes Excavator

Accident: 200515179 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 09/17/2010
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31495170809/21/20101623Brethorst Excavating Inc
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on September 17, 2010, the sole owner of an excavating company with no employees was operating his excavator during tree removal. The owner had dug approximately one half of the way around the base of a large (approximately 36-inch diameter) tree, when it fell and landed on the cab of his excavator. The tree crushed the cab, and the owner was trapped and killed. No citations were issued.
Keywords: construction, tree, excavator, struck by, falling object
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Commercial building Demolition $250,000 to $500,000 1 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 314951708 Fatality Concussion Timber cutting and logging occupations FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Excavation
FatCause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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