OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221742224

108756 - DISCOUNT TREE CARE INC

MAYER, MN— 2025-02-06T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Aerial Truck, Boom, Boom Truck, Clearance, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Hand Tool, Line Clearance, Metal, Metal Pole, Overhead Power Line, Shock, Tree, Tree Boom, Tree Care, Tree Trimming, Truck Boom
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348030503
Employer profile: 108756 - DISCOUNT TREE CARE INC
Summary number: 221742224
Report ID: 0552700

Event description

Employee dies from electrocution while trimming tree from li

Investigation abstract

At 9:03 a.m. on February 6, 2025, Employee #1 working for a tree care company was trimming a tree from a self-propelled boom lift. Using a 21-foot aluminum pole saw to clear up the canopy on a residential property, he turned his body causing him to come into contact with an energized power line with the tool. Employee #1 was fatal injured by electric shock.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
999

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