Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111968590 - Davey Tree Service

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Inspection Nr: 111968590

Report ID: 0950623

Date Opened: 02/15/1996

Site Address:
Davey Tree Service
Hwy 162 E Of Brush Creek Fire Station
Chico, CA 95926

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 5015, Livermore, CA 94551

Union Status: Union

SIC:0783

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/15/1996

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/01/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361666670

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170614556

Event: 02/14/1996

Employee killed in fall from tree

At approximately 11:20 a.m. on February 14, 1996, Employee #1 and five other crew members, of Davey Tree Service, were trimming trees away from an overhead power line for an electric utility. Employee #1 had climbed a 15 in. diameter, 55 ft tall dead ponderosa pine. He had trimmed the limbs 28 ft from the top and was beginning to top the tree. After making a face cut, he made the back cut, but the tree sat back on the chain saw, pinching the blade. Apparently, Employee #1 then climbed in order to get more leverage to push the tree over in the intended fall direction and free his saw. He climbed to or above his cut, and when the treetop fell his safety rope slipped off the cut, allowing him to fall with the tree. Employee #1 landed on his back and was killed when he struck his head against the Oro Quincy Highway.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, LIFELINE, TREE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TREE TRIMMING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111968590			Fatality	Fracture	Forestry workers, except logging

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