Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202089496 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Tree Limb
Accident: 202089496 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 12/15/2010 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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313786279 | 12/17/2010 | 0811 | S. Miller Excavating, Llc | ||||
At approximately 9:45 a.m. on December 15, 2010, Employee #1, the owner of S. Miller Excavating, LLC, was felling a poplar tree approximately 100 ft tall. As the tree was falling, one of its branches (approximately 11 ft long) snapped off the trunk, struck him, and killed him. Employee #1 was not wearing head protection at the time of the incident. Another employee was working nearby but did not witness the incident. | |||||||
Keywords:
hard hat, tree felling, tree limb, ppe, tree, struck by
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 313786279 | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Timber cutting and logging occupations |