OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221490311

BERRY DELICIOUS FARMS INC

SOUTH HAVEN, MI— 2022-07-21T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Struck By, Tree
NAICS: 424480
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346164353
Employer profile: BERRY DELICIOUS FARMS INC
Summary number: 221490311
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by falling dead tree

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on July 21, 2022, an employee was performing agriculturally-related hand-labor operations in a blueberry field and was waiting for his tote of picked berries to be weighed. An approximately 40 foot tall dead tree, located within a nearby wooded area, fell, striking the individual in the head while he was standing in the field. The individual's death was ruled an accident due to multiple blunt force injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
479

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