OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221365992

BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE

SAN BERNARDINO, CA· 2021-06-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Branch, Broken, Climber, Climbing, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forehead, Fracture, Ground, Head, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Landscaper, Landscaping, Skull, Tree, Tree Branch, Tree Care, Tree Climber, Tree Failure, Tree Limb, Vibrations, Work Surface, Wrist
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345384390
Employer profile: BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE
Summary number: 221365992
Report ID: 0950633

Event description

Employee fractures wrist in fall due to broken tree branch

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on June 15, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a landscaping company had climbed a tree. A tree branch broke causing the employee to fall from the tree to the ground. He was hospitalized to treat a fractured wrist and injury to his forehead.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
889

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