OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221487887

WERNETT INC

JIM THORPE, PA— 2022-08-09T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Head, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Felling
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346144942
Employer profile: WERNETT INC
Summary number: 221487887
Report ID: 0317700
Project type: E
Construction end-use: G

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by felled tree

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on August 9, 2022, an employee was felling a tree to clear space for a septic system when the butt end of the felled tree popped up and hit the employee in the head. The employee died due to the head trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 66 M

Event type
1

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