OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #38083
ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO
Woodstock, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY OVERHEAD FALLING OBJECT
Investigation abstract
An employee working for Asplundh Tree Expert Company was performing a regularly assigned task when the person was struck by an overhead falling object. The empl oyee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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