OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14256366
HERRING LOGGING
GRANTHAM, NC·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree limb
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assigned to hook trees to a skidder but had been topping trees i n an unassigned area. A stumper had cut a 60 ft oak tree that fell into a 50 ft gum tree. When the gum tree broke and fell, a limb struck Employee #1 behind the head and underneath his hard hat, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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