OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237895
ISAIAH JOHNSON SAWMILL
EL DORADO, AR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING SNAG
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 FELLED A TREE, WHICH BECAME HUNG UP IN A NEARBY TREE. THE EMPLOYEE D ECIDED TO CUT DOWN THE SECOND TREE ALSO. SINCE THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS CHAIN SAW TH ROTTLE WIDE OPEN HE DID NOT HEAR A CO-WORKER CALL OUT WHEN THE LODGED TREE START ED FALLING. THE TREE STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD AND NECK, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- 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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