OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341408
MILLER & SOLOMON GENERAL CONTRACTOR INC.
MIAMI, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING IN A PARKING LOT NEXT TO A FRESHLY PLANTED "SABLE" PALM TREE. THE SOIL AROUND THE TREE HAD BEEN COMPACTED, BUT THE TREE HAD NOT BEEN GUY ED OR BRACED IN ANY WAY. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET FROM THE BAS E OF THE 25 FOOT TALL TREE, IT UPROOTED AND FELL ON HIM, STRIKING HIM ON THE HEA D, AND LANDING ACROSS HIS BODY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED. NO VIOLATIONS OF INDUST RY PRACTICES OR PROCEDURES WERE APPARENT.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 853
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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