OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232045
TREE,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,LOGGING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY GRAPEVINE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a timber feller, failed to control the hazard created by a grapevin e approximately 4 ft above the ground. He was struck in the temple by the grapev ine when the tree he had cut fell, and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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