Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221650286

D & P CONTRACTING

Event
Chest, Falling Object, Flying Object, Struck By, Tree, Tree Limb
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347187767
Employer profile
D & P CONTRACTING
Summary number
221650286
Report ID
0627700

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by tree branch

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on July 17, 2023, an employee was cutting a large branch from an oak tree. When the branch was cut from the tree, it bounced back and hit the employee in the chest. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 56 M

    Event type
    1

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