OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221553787

WEST COAST ARBORISTS, INC.

SAN MATEO, CA— 2023-03-29T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Struck Against, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Trimming
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346600273
Employer profile: WEST COAST ARBORISTS, INC.
Summary number: 221553787
Report ID: 0950613

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from aerial lift

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on March 29, 2023, an employee was trimming a tree while in an aerial lift. The employee may have been struck by a cut branch and knocked out of the aerial lift. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
486

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