OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000421
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MARS HILL, NC·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by a felled tree
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 felled a white pine and sawed off its limbs. The top of the tree had fallen between two locust trees, approximately 3 feet from the ground, causing tension on the felled tree. Standing on the west side of the felled tree, Employ ee #1 sawed off the top of the tree between the two locust trees. This released the tension, and the white pine sprang up against Employee #1 and knocked him ba ckward approximately 10 feet. When his employer found him, he was on his back on the ground and the white pine was on his stomach. Employee #1 died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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