OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221578321

SAWING HIGH CLIMBERS, LLC

SHARON, CT— 2023-07-06T00:00:00

Event: Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Climbing System, Tree Limb, Tree Pruner
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346815228
Employer profile: SAWING HIGH CLIMBERS, LLC
Summary number: 221578321
Report ID: 0112000

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from tree

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on July 6, 2023, an employee was pruning limbs from a tree. According to the emergency room and police department, the employee cut through his own climbing line and fell 35 feet from a tree. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Event type
5

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