OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221627268

LOS ARBOLES CO.

SAINT HELENA, CA· 2023-12-27T00:00:00

Event: Chain Saw, Chest, Chipper, Chipping, Crushed, Head, Hill, Landscaper, Landscaping, Removal, Rolling, Slope, Sloping, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Limb, Tree Section, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Wood Chipper
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347184251
Employer profile: LOS ARBOLES CO.
Summary number: 221627268
Report ID: 0950615

Event description

Employee felling trees is crushed and killed when struck by

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on December 27, 2023, an employee working for a landscaping employee was limbing the tree it begun to roll down the slope and struck the employee. The employee died as a result of crushing injuries to his head and chest. company was working with a crew performing tree removal at a residential property. The crew was removing limbs previously cut from trees felled earlier in the project. The employee was using a chainsaw to cut a 52-foot long by 32-inch diameter tree that had been previously felled. The employee was standing on the down slope of a hill on an approximate 19-degree to 23-degree slope. The employee was the only employee at this location. A coworker (supervisor/owner) had left the immediate area after giving the crew instructions in order to retrieve a tractor to pull the truck and chipper from the mud. While the

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 67 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
0

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