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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221643968

Arm,Branch,Contact,Cutting,Electric Shock,Electric current,Electrical Wire,Electrocuted,Entangled,Foot,Glove,Hand,Hand Tool,Head,Inexperience,Laborer,Lack of Engineering Controls,Landscaper,Landscaping,Material Handling,Metal Pole,Overhead Power Line,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Power Lines,Saw,Shock,Torso,Tree Branch,Tree Trimming,Wrong Equipment

Event
Arm,Branch,Contact,Cutting,Electric Shock,Electric current,Electrical Wire,Electrocuted,Entangled,Foot,Glove,Hand,Hand Tool,Head,Inexperience,Laborer,Lack of Engineering Controls,Landscaper,Landscaping,Material Handling,Metal Pole,Overhead Power Line,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Power Lines,Saw,Shock,Torso,Tree Branch,Tree Trimming,Wrong Equipment
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221643968
Report ID
0419700

Event description

Employee trimming tree branch dies when electrocuted

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 47 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    889

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