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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422686

R AND R CONTRACTING, INC.

Event
Blunt force trauma, Neck, Struck By, Tree
NAICS
113310
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345702823
Employer profile
R AND R CONTRACTING, INC.
Summary number
221422686
Report ID
1032500

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by treetop

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on December 20, 2021, an employee was hooking a skyline. The skyline caught and kicked up a treetop from a debris pile and flung it up in the air approximately 150-200 feet, and it came down and struck the employee on the back of neck. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 56 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    496

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