OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221613979
SAVATREE, LLC
SHELBURNE, VT·
Event description
Employee is killed after falling from tree
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 p.m. on October 31, 2023, an employee had climbed a poplar tree with a 21-inch base to cut the wire cable holding the three sections of the tree together. The employee cut a section of the wire cable from the tree with bolt cutters, when the base of the tree failed, causing two sections of the tree to fall. The employee was killed after falling approximately 25 feet and landing on top of the tree.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 0
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