OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380520

NATURAL TREE SERVICE, INC.

ELGIN, IL· 2021-08-11T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Clearance, Contusion, Cutting, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling, Unstable Position, Warning Line
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345471833
Employer profile: NATURAL TREE SERVICE, INC.
Summary number: 221380520
Report ID: 0521400

Event description

Employee is killed after being struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on August 11, 2021, an employee was walking through a residential yard toward his vehicle located near the road when a tree being felled struck him. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma to the head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Event type
5

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