OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393235
TREES INC
NEW ORLEANS, LA—
Event description
FELL FROM TREE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRIMMING A TREE AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 30 FEET. HE DECIDED HE NEED ED TO CLIMB HIGHER TO REMOVE A LARGE LIMB. HE TIED HIS TAG LINE AROUND THE TREE AND TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO THROW HIS MAIN LINE OVER A FORK IN THE TREE. THE KNOT IN HIS TAG LINE SUDDENLY GAVE WAY AND HE FELL TO HIS DEATH. HE HAD APPARENTLY L OOSENED THE KNOT WHEN HE ORIGINALLY CLIMBED THE TREE BY RUBBING THE CLOVE HITCH AND HALF HITCH AGAINST THE TREE TRUNK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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