OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204259
MCCOLLUM LOGGING CO INC
SWEET HOME, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
On June 21, 1987, Employee #1 and two other timber cutters were engaged in timbe r cutting activities. Employee #1 was working alone and the other two coworkers were working together due to limited space. When discussing the cutting plan, Em ployee #1 indicated that he was going to buck the trees he had cut down, and tha t later he would join the coworkers. After felling several smaller trees, one of the coworkers felled a 151-ft-tall tree in the direction where Employee #1 was bucking a log. The top of the felled tree struck Employee #1 and killed him. The coworker neither gave a warning nor determined the location of Employee #1 befo re felling the tree.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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