OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420060

150756 - KEVIN CRANFORD

TRINITY, NC· 2021-07-17T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Falling Object, Head, Paralysis, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Skull, Spine, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345690911
Employer profile: 150756 - KEVIN CRANFORD
Summary number: 221420060
Report ID: 0453720

Event description

Employee is struck in head by falling tree, later dies

Investigation abstract

On July 17, 2021, an employee was working for a tree service and was struck on the head by a falling tree. When EMS arrived, the employee was dazed and confused with multiple injuries to the head, spine and arms. The employee was transported to the hospital and diagnosed with quadriplegia and required a ventilator to breath. Over the course of the next month, the employee developed multiple complications and died on August 29, 2021.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
999

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