Accident Report Detail
Accident: 57469.015 - Employee Stuck By Tree, Is Killed
Accident: 57469.015 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 02/03/2014 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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957212.015 | 02/03/2014 | Jay'S Tree Service | |||||
On February 3, 2014, two employees were felling a tree in a wooded lot. One employee had sawed the tree near its base while the other pulled on the tree using a rope fed through a pulley. The employee pulling the rope was struck in the head when the top of an adjacent tree broke off delivering the fatal blow. The employee was killed by head trauma. | |||||||
Keywords:
crushing, tree, tree felling, falling object, struck by
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | ||
1 | 957212.015 | 27 | M | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras |