OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221580111

FF LANDSCAPING

HOUSTON, TX— 2023-07-11T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Slab, Contusion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Shoulder, Torso, Tree, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming, Work Surface
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346827926
Employer profile: FF LANDSCAPING
Summary number: 221580111
Report ID: 0626700

Event description

Employee is killed in fall while trimming tree from branch

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 p.m. on July 11, 2023, an employee was working with a crew performing tree trimming at a residence. No fall protection system was used by any of the crew performing trimming. The employee climbed a 28-foot Werner ladder to access a branch on the tree. The employee then climbed onto another branch in order to reach the branch to be cut. After less than 3 minutes in the tree, the employee fell approximately 25 feet to the concrete driveway. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead from multiple blunt force trauma, including his head, torso, neck and shoulders.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
786

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