OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221719552

CESAR TREE SERVICE AND LANDSCAPING, LLC

ALEXANDRIA, VA— 2024-09-21T00:00:00

Event: Clearance, Contact, Cutting, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Falling Object, High Voltage, Landscaper, Landscaping, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, Shock, Tree, Tree Branch, Tree Care, Tree Trimming, Vegetation
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347771214
Employer profile: CESAR TREE SERVICE AND LANDSCAPING, LLC
Summary number: 221719552
Report ID: 0355114

Event description

Employee dies of electrocution branch contacts power lines

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on September 21, 2024, an employee working for a landscaping service was trimming a tree. The employee cut a branch which fell into overhead high voltage power lines. The employee died from electrocution.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
0

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