OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #942631
TREE LIMB,TREE,ELEC UTILITY WORK,STRUCK BY,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING LIMB
Investigation abstract
Two employees were performing a line-clearance tree-trimming operation. One of t hem was working on the ground. The other employee was working from an aerial lif t, cutting tree limbs away from an overhead power line. The line-clearance tree trimmer checked the area below before he cut a 200-millimeter-diameter limb. The area was clear before he started cutting, but the employee on the ground starte d walking toward the wood chipper. The cut limb struck the employee on the groun d. He was hospitalized for his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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