OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221381684
WATKIN TREE PRO LLC
DOUGLAS, MI·
Event description
Employee is killed when basket breaks off from boom
Investigation abstract
At 1:45 p.m. on August 16, 2021, an employee was trimming tree limbs approximately 40 feet from the ground in the basket of an aerial boom truck when the basket broke off from the boom. The employee and the basket fell to the concrete ground killing the employee instantly.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 786
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