OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232979

TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,TREE TRIMMING,INATTENTION

1988-06-22T00:00:00

Event: TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,TREE TRIMMING,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14232979
Report ID: 316700

Event description

Employee killed when struck by uprooted dead tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and some coworkers had been felling trees before lunch. After lunch, the employees were trimming trees. While Employee #1 was walking from one tree to another, a dead tree about 15 feet away from the felled tree uprooted and top pled onto him, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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