Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375249

SMITTY'S ALL AROUND SERVICES LLC

Event
Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Head, Struck By, Tree Trimming
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345441612
Employer profile
SMITTY'S ALL AROUND SERVICES LLC
Summary number
221375249
Report ID
0728900

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by tree branch

Investigation abstract

At 4:48 p.m. on July 21, 2021, an employee and two coworkers were on the ground guiding branches away from a residential home that were being cut by a coworker from a tree overhead. As the coworker was cutting a tree branch, it snapped off and fell striking the employee in the head. The employee died due to head trauma.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 64 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    889

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