OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394216

ARTISTIC MAINTENANCE, INC.

SAN CLEMENTE, CA· 2021-09-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brush, Brush Chipper, Caught In, Clearance, Clearing, Climber, Climbing, Climbing Line, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Groundskeeper, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Landscaper, Landscaping, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rope, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Climber, Tree Climbing System, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345543383
Employer profile: ARTISTIC MAINTENANCE, INC.
Summary number: 221394216
Report ID: 0950631

Event description

Employee sustains injuries, falls when rope caught in chippe

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee was working for a home owner's jaw, a punctured lung, fractured ribs and bruises. association (HOA) trimming trees in the HOA residential parkway. The employee worked for the employer for over 8 years as a tree trimmer. The employee was working with a coworker who was a groundskeeper. The coworker was gathering cut tree limbs while the employee was approximately 15 to 20 feet aloft in a Ficus tree. The coworker placed the cut tree limbs into a Bandit Model 990XP Brush Chipper (Serial Number 10D37933) approximately 60 feet away. The coworker accidentality placed the end of the employee's climbing rope into the chipper which grabbed rope. The employee fell and was hospitalized to treat a broken

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
0

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