OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406861

HARPER TREE SERVICE, LLC

MILNER, GA· 2021-10-22T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Broken, Contact, Electrical Burn, Leg, Power Lines, Repair, Tree Boom, Tree Pruner, Tree Trimming, Winch
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345610745
Employer profile: HARPER TREE SERVICE, LLC
Summary number: 221406861
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee is burned while repairing disabled tree trimmer

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee was attempting to hook a winch to a disabled sky trimmer machine when the trimmer's boom made contact with a power line. The employee was hospitalized to treat severe electrical burns to his legs and arms.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
13

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