OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232144
PINNED,SAFETY BELT,TREE,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY SPLIT TREE
Investigation abstract
On May 8, 1989, Employee #1 was cutting down a red oak tree having three indepen dent leaders growing approximately 9 feet from ground trunk level. Two smaller l eaders were cut and the third one was being back cut, after notching, when the t ree split as a result of its heavy weight at the top and the fact that it was le aning. Employee #1 performing the cutting operation was tied in by a safety clim bing rope and a safety strap. When the tree split it came down and struck Employ ee #1 who could not move out of the way due to double tie off which pinned him i n.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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