OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206577
RONALD D HONGELL, LTD DBA
GLIDE, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY A TREE
Investigation abstract
At 10:10 a.m. on September 15, 1986, Employee #1 felled a Douglas fir tree appro ximately 150 feet in length and 37 inches in diameter. As the tree was falling i t brushed a standing fir tree located slightly up the hill, approximately 35 fee t away. Upon being brushed by the falling tree, the standing tree snapped at abo ut mid section and the top half of the tree fell on Employee #1 as he was trying to get out of the way. Employee #1 died of traumatic injuries to the chest.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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