OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221701915

ED THE TREEMAN, LLC

PROSPECT, CT— 2024-09-16T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Crushed, Falling Object, Ground, Head, Leg, Lift, Struck By, Tree, Tree Branch, Tree Care, Tree Failure, Tree Felling, Tree Limb, Tree Pruner, Tree Section, Tree Shear, Tree Trimming
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347757783
Employer profile: ED THE TREEMAN, LLC
Summary number: 221701915
Report ID: 0111500

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by falling tree while cutting

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on September 16, 2024, an employee was cutting a tree trunk with a gas-powered chainsaw. The employee mistakenly cut through the entire tree, instead of leaving part of it intact for the aerial lift to pull in the correct direction. Once the tree began to fall, the employee had no safe path of retreat and was struck by the falling tree. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the head, torso, and legs from the tree trunk and the ground. The employee died at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
0

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