OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221608045
JIMAX LANDSCAPE LLC
PEORIA, IL—
Event description
Employee dies when struck by branch
Investigation abstract
At 12:30 p.m. on September 28, 2023, a four-man crew was sent to a residence to hospitalized to treat a broken vertebrae in the neck and an inoperable brain bleed/clot. Employee #1 died on October 15, 2023. remove a tree. Coworker #1, the foreman, directed the crew and stationed Coworker #2, who was operating the chipper, Coworker #3, who was operating a skid steer, and Employee #1, who was to start bucking limbs on the ground. Coworker #1 got into a bucket truck and started cutting limbs from the top of the tree. Piles were created on the ground. Coworker #1 communicated to Employee #1 to start bucking the limbs on the ground. Coworker #1 was still conducting cutting activities overhead. Coworker #1 had cut a limb which struck another limb that broke free and hit Employee #1 in the head. Employee #1 was
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 889
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