OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221612146

A BEST DEAL TREE SERVICE LLC

SAGINAW, MI— 2023-10-28T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Clearance, Falling Object, Head, Inexperience, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Protective Clothing, Rope, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Felling, Tree Section, Tree Trimming, Truck, Unstable Position, Work Surface
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347069833
Employer profile: A BEST DEAL TREE SERVICE LLC
Summary number: 221612146
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee dies from chest and head injuries from falling tree

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on October 28, 2023, an employee working as a tree trimmer for a tree care company was attempting to pull a large lower section of a tree down with a rope attached to a truck. The employee was standing near the tree when it fell. He had cut through the hinge wood, so there was no controlling the direction of the fall. The tree fell on the employee causing traumatic injuries to his chest and head and killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
786

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