Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221519044

WW CHAMPION DEVELOPMENTS, INC.

Event
Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driving, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Operator, Pinned, Skull, Struck By, Tractor, Traumatic Brain Injury, Tree
NAICS
531120
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346374762
Employer profile
WW CHAMPION DEVELOPMENTS, INC.
Summary number
221519044
Report ID
0626600

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 p.m. on December 1, 2022, an employee was operating a new tractor on the road to a landfill when a tree that was on the land adjacent to the road fell on top of him. The employee was pinned between the tree and the tractor. The employee suffered a traumatic brain injury and skull fracture and died.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 69 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    856

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