OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436314

AC TREE EXPERTS, INC.

WEST CHESTER, PA· 2021-11-03T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Head, Skidder, Struck By, Tree Felling, Tree Limb
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345618961
Employer profile: AC TREE EXPERTS, INC.
Summary number: 221436314
Report ID: 0317000

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by tree limb

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on November 3, 2021, an employee was trying to fell a tree with a Bobcat skid steer when a large tree branch fell on his head. The employee died due to the head trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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