Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221562598

FCX2023XE7721X0062 - ENCORE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE LLC

Event
Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Descending, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Landscaper, Landscaping, Lost Control, Palm Tree, Struck Against, Tree, Tree Climber, Tree Climbing System, Tree Trimming
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346288459
Employer profile
FCX2023XE7721X0062 - ENCORE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE LLC
Summary number
221562598
Report ID
0950411

Event description

Employee dies in fall from tree, lost control repelling down

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 p.m. on September 30, 2022, an employee who worked as a landscaper was repelling down a palm tree in order to prune a shorter tree. It was not known at the time the narrative was submitted how the employee lost control, but he fell to the gravel covered ground. The employee was transported to the hospital and died.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 43 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    999

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