Arborist Dies in Fall from a Tree after being Hoisted by a Crane to the Tree - Massachusetts

Fiore, Michael A.; Davis, Letitia

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE11MA031

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Arborist Dies in Fall from a Tree after being Hoisted by a Crane to the Tree - Massachusetts

2013/09/25
By Fiore, Michael A. ; Davis, Letitia
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Fiore, Michael A. ; Davis, Letitia

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Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health

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On September 26, 2011 a 43-year-old male arborist (victim) was fatally injured when he fell approximately 70 feet from a pine tree. The victim was wearing a harness and had been hoisted into the tree by a crane's load line. After attaching the crane's sling to a section of tree being removed, the victim fell approximately 70 feet to the ground below. A co-worker placed a call for emergency medical services (EMS). Personnel from the local fire and police departments arrived within minutes of the call. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers should: 1. Ensure that when employees are located within a tree, they use a minimum of two means of being tied in the tree at all times; 2. Ensure that climbing/personal fall protection equipment, both supplied by the employer and owned by the employee, is in good condition by performing routine inspections, including an inspection before each use; 3. Ensure that employees are never hoisted into a work position in a tree by a crane's hook or load line, except in uncommon situations as outlined by OSHA; and 4. Develop, implement, and enforce a written safety and health policy and written company operational policies as recommended in ANSI Z133.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Accidents Fall-protection Forestry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 1 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Falls (0007) ; Landscaping Services (0028)

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Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE11MA031
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-8
NIOSHTIC Number:

20044100
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2014-105925
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 11MA031, 2013 Sep; :1-8
Federal Fiscal Year:

2013
Performing Organization:

Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2005/07/01
End Date:

2026/06/30
Resource Number:

FACE-11MA031
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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