OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221473838

TIMBERTECH TREE COMPANY

TWAIN HARTE, CA· 2022-01-05T00:00:00

Event: Arboriculture, Cut, Equipment Operator, Frozen, Laceration, Loader, Slip, Stand-Up Operator, Tips Over, Toe, Weather
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345743959
Employer profile: TIMBERTECH TREE COMPANY
Summary number: 221473838
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee injures toe when equipment tips over in snow

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on January 5, 2022, Employee #1 was operating a stand-on mini skid steer. He was using the equipment to pick up vegetation that had been cut the day before. The day before, snow on the ground had been soft with some traction. Employee #1 was working in the same area the following morning, but the snow had frozen. The skid steer slipped on the frozen snow and tipped over. Employee #1 sustained a laceration on his toe when he was struck by the skid steer. He was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M

Event type
1

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