OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221606601

EMBARQ FLORIDA INC

APOPKA, FL— 2023-10-06T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cable, Concussion, Contusion, Falling Object, Flying Object, Head, Installing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Struck Against, Struck By, Telecom Work, Torso, Tree, Tree Section
NAICS: 517311
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347021784
Employer profile: EMBARQ FLORIDA INC
Summary number: 221606601
Report ID: 0419730

Event description

Employee dies of head trauma when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

At 2:17 p.m. on October 6, 2023, an employee working as a technician for a telecommunications company was repairing an underground fiber optic line. At 1:23 p.m. the employee arrived onsite and was working alone on a road near a bike path. Sometime between 1:23 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., the employee was struck by a falling dead tree. The tree had struck both the employee and his vehicle. An unknown person called 911 and the County Sheriff responded to incident. The Sheriff notified a coworker (employee's supervisor) at 3:00 p.m. The employee had died at the scene of a concussion and contusions to his body and head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 F

Event type
14

Occupation code
7055

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