OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221419120

MIABELLA EXPERT TREE SERVICE, INC.

SANTA CRUZ, CA· 2021-12-08T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Tree Climbing System, Tree Felling, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345684542
Employer profile: MIABELLA EXPERT TREE SERVICE, INC.
Summary number: 221419120
Report ID: 0950612

Event description

Employee fractures arm in fall from tree

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on December 8, 2021, an employee, a foreman and tree climber, was in a pine tree trimming it for removal while his coworkers were on the ground clearing limbs from the drop zone. The employee was finishing the trimming work before descending the tree for lunch when the branch his rope was attached to broke. The employee fell approximately 30 feet to the dirt ground below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured right arm.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
0

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