Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221729221

TREE CARE SERVICES, INC.

Event
Boom, Lift, Tree, Tree Pruner, Tree Shear, Tree Trimming
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347950222
Employer profile
TREE CARE SERVICES, INC.
Summary number
221729221
Report ID
0854910

Event description

One employee is killed and another is injured while trimming

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 p.m. on December 17, 2024, two employees were trimming a tree using a boom lift when the arm of the lift failed. The basket fell approximately 30 feet to the ground. One employee was killed, and the other was hospitalized for treatment of injuries sustained during the fall.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    889

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