OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221551815

STRONG MEN TREE SERVICES, LLC

HILLSIDE, NJ— 2022-10-11T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Neck, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Climber, Tree Failure, Tree Felling, Tree Section
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346275498
Employer profile: STRONG MEN TREE SERVICES, LLC
Summary number: 221551815
Report ID: 0213400

Event description

Employee Is Killed In Fall From Tree

Investigation abstract

At 2:15 p.m. on October 11, 2022, an employee was cutting a section of tree trunk while secured to the tree during removal activities. The employee was using a chainsaw to remove sections of trunk above where he was secured to the tree. While secured to the tree, a dead rotted section of trunk fractured beneath his feet due to the combination of his weight along with the force of the falling trunk rigged to a pulley attached to the same trunk section. When the tree failed, the employee fell 25 feet. The employee was killed by blunt force trauma to the brain and neck.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
889

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