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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221384464

103344 - JASON SHANNON FOSTER DBA ABOVE ALL TREE SERVICE

Event
Contact, Electric Conductor, Electric current, Electrocuted, Ladder, Overhead Power Line, Saw, Tree Trimming
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345493530
Employer profile
103344 - JASON SHANNON FOSTER DBA ABOVE ALL TREE SERVICE
Summary number
221384464
Report ID
0552700

Event description

Employee is electrocuted when making contact with powerline

Investigation abstract

At 12:20 p.m. on August 13, 2021, an employee was clearing branches from a pine tree with a silky saw near a powerline on a residential home. The employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder using the telescoping silky saw when he brought the saw within 10 inches of the powerline, resulting in his electrocution and death.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    999

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