OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221669211
TIP TOP TREE SERVICE VA
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from bucket truck during tree lim
Investigation abstract
At 12:21 p.m. on April 4, 2024, Employee #1, employed in tree removal operations, was working to stabilize a cut tree limb to lower it to the ground. While attempting to remove the limb, the rope holding the limb snapped, causing the employee to fall out of the bucket truck. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining fatal blunt force trauma from the impact of the fall. Emergency services were called, but the employee was pronounced dead at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Event type
- 5
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