OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221630874

B&G LAWN & LANDCARE, LLC

NAPLES, FL· 2024-01-06T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Branch, Chain Saw, Cutting, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, High Wind, Neck, Strangulated, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Climber
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347205288
Employer profile: B&G LAWN & LANDCARE, LLC
Summary number: 221630874
Report ID: 0418800

Event description

Employee is killed while trying to cut down tree

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on January 6, 2024, an employee was cutting a portion of a tree at about 50 feet high with a chain saw. As the tree was being cut, instead of it falling away from him, the wind blew it back towards him, causing him to fall backwards and hang upside down. The tree had branches that caught him in the neck, possibly strangling him. His brother, also an employee of the company, attempted to climb the tree to free the employee, but fell to the ground in the process. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
889

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