OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221608995

PLANT TREE SERVICES

EL CAJON, CA— 2023-10-13T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Landscaping, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Struck By, Tree, Tree Section
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347044489
Employer profile: PLANT TREE SERVICES
Summary number: 221608995
Report ID: 0936200

Event description

Employee is killed when struck on head by falling tree limb

Investigation abstract

At 3:12 p.m. on October 13, 2023, an employee working for a landscaping service was performing tree limb removal. The employee died after being struck on the head by a falling tree limb.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Event type
1

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