OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14323505
TREE FELLING,TREE LIMB,LUMBER,TREE,STRUCK BY,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY FALLING TREE LIMB
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a logging operation in the woods cutting trees unobse rved. The employer and coroner conjectured that Employee #1 had notched and cut through a tree, which did not fall. Employee#1 then apparently notched and cut a second tree so it would fall into the first tree so that both trees would come down. The second tree fell but did not bring down the first tree. Then, Employee #1 apparently started to trim the second tree, which was lying on the ground. W hile doing this, a limb broke off the first tree and struck and killed Employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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