Tree company employee dies after tree falls on him
Updated Jun 5; Posted Jun 5
By The Associated Press
WARRINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say a worker with a tree care company was killed when a tree fell on him at a Pennsylvania home.
The York County Coroner's Office says Jason Covert-Kohler was working with other company employees when the accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. Monday in Warrington. The 35-year-old Dover man was taken to a hospital but died there a short time later.
Authorities say Covert-Kohler died from blunt force head and neck trauma. His death has been ruled an accident.
No other injuries were reported in the accident. But authorities say it's not yet known what caused it.
According to the York Daily Record, the man worked for Out on a Limb Tree Care Inc. of Dover, and the incident has been reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Dover man dies after tree falls on him, York County coroner says
Ted Czech, tczech@ydr.com
June 5, 2018
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Jason Covert-Kohler, 35, of the first block of North Main Street, Dover, died at York Hospital, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay.
A man employed by a tree care company died at York Hospital on Monday after a tree fell on him in northern York County, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay.
Despite efforts to save his life, Jason Covert-Kohler, 35, of the first block of North Main Street, Dover, died at the hospital at 3:42 p.m. the same day, Gay said.
Covert-Kohler, along with other employees of Out on a Limb Tree Care Inc., of Dover, was working in the 1000 block of Twin Lakes Road, Warrington Township, when a tree fell on him about 2:30 p.m., Gay said.
An ambulance crew arrived and transported an unresponsive Covert-Kohler to the hospital.
Gay said Covert-Kohler's cause of death was blunt force head and neck trauma and his manner of death was accidental. There will be no autopsy, she said.
The incident was reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Gay said.