Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221572183

QUALITY TREE SERVICE INC.

Event
Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Leg, Tree, Tree Care
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346770381
Employer profile
QUALITY TREE SERVICE INC.
Summary number
221572183
Report ID
0213900

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from tree

Investigation abstract

At 12:08 p.m. on June 14, 2023, an employee was wrapping straps around tree limbs prior to cutting them. The employee fell from a tree while preparing to cut tree limbs. It is unknown if he was secured to the tree prior to it falling. The employee sustained head trauma, body trauma, and a fractured femur. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 40 M

    Event type
    5

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