OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221622202
MAPLE TREE SERVICES, LLC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from tree
Investigation abstract
At 10:20 a.m. on December 7, 2023, Employee #1 was tree trimming branches in a tree approximately 30-35 feet above the ground. Employee #1 was tied off to a tree branch, while trimming lower branches of the tree. The adjacent tree branch broke from the tree trunk, causing the branch that Employee #1 was tied off to collapse, taking the tree branch and Employee #1 to the ground. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 786
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