Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221482367

COUNTY OF BERRIEN STATE OF MICHIGAN

Event
Chain Saw, Motor Vehicle, Road, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care
NAICS
921190
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346105687
Employer profile
COUNTY OF BERRIEN STATE OF MICHIGAN
Summary number
221482367
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by motor vehicle

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on July 20, 2022, an employee was using a chainsaw to cut limbs from a large fallen branch while standing in a roadway. An impaired driver drove through the downed branch and struck the employee. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 57 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    889

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