OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221516859

153179 - WEST SPRINGDALE, LLC

CANTON, NC· 2021-06-17T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Pinned, Struck By, Tree, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming
NAICS: 713910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346362411
Employer profile: 153179 - WEST SPRINGDALE, LLC
Summary number: 221516859
Report ID: 0453720

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by tree limb

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on June 17, 2021, an employee was cutting a tree limb on the property of a country club when he was hit on the head by the limb, pinned for a brief moment between two limbs, and then fell to the ground. The employee died due to blunt force trauma to the head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
999

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