OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14273502

TREE FELLING,STRUCK BY

1989-10-30T00:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14273502
Report ID: 111100

Event description

STRUCK BY TREE

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was killed while felling a tree. The tree did not fall in the direct ion the employee had anticipated. He could not get out of the way and was struck by the falling tree.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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