OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221736713

POSSUM?S TREE SERVICE, LLC

LAFAYETTE, LA— 2025-01-20T00:00:00

Event: Catch Point, Caught Between, Crane, Crane Operator, Crane Outrigger, Crushed, Delivery Work, Distracted, Engineering Controls, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, Miscommunication, Motor Vehicle, Struck By, Tree Care, Truck, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347996357
Employer profile: POSSUM?S TREE SERVICE, LLC
Summary number: 221736713
Report ID: 0625700

Event description

Employee is fatality injured when struck by crane truck outr

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on January 20, 2025, Employee #1 working as a truck driver for a tree service was repairing a yard racking tool. The employee had just finished driving a crane to a jobsite. Coworker #1, the crane operator, was sitting on the passenger side when he hit the lever to engage the outriggers. Coworker #1 was looking through the hydraulic hoses and did not notice anything amiss. Coworker #2 told Coworker #1 that he appeared to have a hydraulic oil leak. Coworker #1 stepped down from the pedestal and looked underneath the crane truck. Coworker #1 noticed the Employee #1 laying under the truck. Employee #1 was fatally injured by a truck outrigger.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 70 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
804

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