Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202570453 - Employee Dies From Head Injury When Struck By Downed Tree
Accident: 202570453 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 09/08/2013 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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316918556 | 09/09/2013 | 4813 | Watts Brothers Cable Construction Inc | ||||
On 1:25 p.m. on September 7, 2013, Employee #1 was removing a fallen tree from an AT&T phone line. He was using a pole saw when the saw became stuck in the forks of the tree. He used a chain saw to cut away the base of the tree. Once cut, the tree sprung up and struck Employee #1 in the head. He was transported to Saint May's Hospital where he was placed on a ventilator. He passed away on September 8, 2013, at 5:37 a.m. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, communication cable, chain saw, tree, struck by
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other heavy construction | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 316918556 | Fatality | Fracture | Laborers, except construction | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |