OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14352801
ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT COMPANY
MOBILE, AL·
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES CUTTING BRUSH STRUCK BY MOTOR VEHICLE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING UNDERBRUSH FOR AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY TH AT RAN PARALLEL TO A MAJOR CITY STREET. A VEHICLE IN THE EAST BOUND LANE JUMPED THE CURB AND STRUCK THE TWO EMPLOYEES, KILLING THEM INSTANTLY. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR OPE RATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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