OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816751

MARK IV CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

TRUMBULL, CT· 1989-01-11T00:00:00

Event: FRONT END LOADER, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, LOADER BUCKET, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #103353686
Employer profile: MARK IV CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 816751
Report ID: 112000

Event description

Employee killed when struck by tree limb

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing in the bucket of a front end loader using a chain saw t o cut trees. A tree limb that he was cutting struck him and caused him to fall o ut of the bucket and hit the ground. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
4

Event type
5

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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