OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221581192

HANKS TREE AND SHRUB TRIMMING

SAGINAW, MI— 2023-07-13T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Bucket, Chest, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Struck Against, Tree Care, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346836224
Employer profile: HANKS TREE AND SHRUB TRIMMING
Summary number: 221581192
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from elevation

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on July 13, 2023, an employee was limbing trees from the bucket of a lift truck at approximately 30 feet. The boom was rubbing on the trunk of the tree, and there was enough pressure to make the bucket bounce when the boom was released from the trunk. This caused the employee to fall, striking the bed of the boom truck. The employee was killed due to severe blunt force trauma to the head and chest.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 67 M

Event type
5

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