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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14253025

TREE,STRUCK BY

Event
TREE,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14253025
Report ID
453710

Event description

Employee injured when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was felling trees with a chain saw when a tree he had left hung in o ther tree tops either was blown free by the wind or was jarred loose by the move ment of a skid operating in the area the falling tree struck Employee #1 across the chest and left arm. The force of the tree broke several ribs, his left arm, and punctured his lung.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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