OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204200
CTC ENTERPRISES INC
SWEET HOME, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BUCKING FELLED TREES INTO LOGS. A NEARBY WORKER SIGNALLED TO EMP LOYEE #1 THAT HE WAS GOING TO FELL A TREE IN EMPLOYEE #1'S DIRECTION. EMPLOYEE # 1 ACKNOWLEDGED THE SIGNAL AND SIGNALLED BACK TO THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO FELL THE T REE. HE DID. THE TREE FELL IN EMPLOYEE #1'S DIRECTION AND STRUCK AND KILLED HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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