OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221583768

AMERICAN ARBOR CARE

HERMOSA BEACH, CA— 2023-07-05T00:00:00

Event: Concrete Floor, Cut, Face, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Flying Object, Head, Metal, Pulled In, Rope, Struck By, Tree Trimming, Wood, Wood Chips
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346856248
Employer profile: AMERICAN ARBOR CARE
Summary number: 221583768
Report ID: 0950635

Event description

Employee dies after struck in face by metal clip

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on July 5, 2023, Employee #1 was working outside of a residential the hospital. apartment complex worksite, performing tree trimming operations. Employee #1 was working at the rear of the Vermeer BC1500 Woodchipper. As Employee #1 was feeding wood into the woodchipper, Employee #1 accidentally fed rope into this woodchipper. The rope suddenly snapped and a metal clip (ProClimb PT40617) that was on the end of the rope flew back and struck and cut the face open of Employee #1. Employee #1 fell back and hit his head on the concrete. Employee #1 was transported to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Subsequently, on July 23, 2023, Employee #1 died in

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
486

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