OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215578
STEVENS LOGGING COMPANY
LUGOFF, SC·
Event description
TREE FELLER STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND OTHER TREE FELLERS WERE CUTTING DOWN SOME TREES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FELLING A 45 FOOT PINE, 15 INCHES IN DIAMETER. HE FAILED TO MAKE A BACK CUT OR UNDERCUT, SO THAT WHEN THE TREE FELL, IT STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST AND KILLED HIM. HE WAS STANDING ONLY 3 FEET AWAY FROM THE TREE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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