OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454432

NATES TREE SERVICE, INC

SONORA, CA· 2021-10-22T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Rope, Slip, Tree Care, Tree Climbing System, Tree Trimming
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345606065
Employer profile: NATES TREE SERVICE, INC
Summary number: 221454432
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee injures back in fall from tree

Investigation abstract

At 11:17 a.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee was trimming the top of an oak tree under a power line using a tree climbing system. The employee had not properly secured the climb rope line and while descending the tree it slipped off of the tie point. The employee fell from the tree and hit the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a back injury.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M

Event type
5

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