OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411986

317728865 - ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT LLC

DETROIT, OR· 2021-06-14T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Clearance, Clearing, Construction, Cutting, Falling Object, Flying Object, Head, Laceration, Landscaper, Landscaping, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Scapula, Site Clearing, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Felling, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345642276
Employer profile: 317728865 - ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT LLC
Summary number: 221411986
Report ID: 1054112

Event description

Employee sustains head and shoulder injuries when struck by

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on June 14, 2021, an employee was working on a crew with three coworkers for a tree care contractor cutting trees. Coworker #1 and Coworker #2 were working as tree cutters (foremen) and the employee and Coworker #3 were working as groundmen (assisting the cutters). Coworker #1 cut a tree and as it was falling the tree struck a standing tree nearby. This caused the standing tree to uproot and fall in the direction of the employee and Coworker #2 . The employee and Coworker #2 were struck by the falling uprooted tree. Coworker #1 called 911 and the employee was taken to the hospital by life flight. The employee was hospitalized with head lacerations and a broken scapula.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
496

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