OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221491673

DAVEY TREE SURGERY COMPANY

BOULDER CREEK, CA— 2022-08-24T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Climbing, Climbing Line, Collapse, Landscaper, Landscaping, Rigging, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Failure, Tree Trimming
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346175631
Employer profile: DAVEY TREE SURGERY COMPANY
Summary number: 221491673
Report ID: 0950612

Event description

Employee Is Killed When Tree Fails and Rigging Collapses Whi

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 p.m. on August 24, 2022, an employee was performing line clearance work. The employee was part of a 3 person crew working on a hillside in a nearly dried up creek where they needed to top off a dead Douglas fir tree. A coworker was removing the top of the dead fir tree while the climbing line was tied into a separate live tree. The lower rigging line was attached to the climbing line. The lines were strained when the Douglas fir was topped off, causing the live tree to fail and collapse. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
786

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