OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342752
HIGH WIND,TREE FELLING,CRUSHED,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
On June 22, 1989, Employee #1 was cutting a tree, about 35-feet long and about 1 6 inches in diameter. A bull rope was in use during the tree felling operation. Two other employees pulled on ropes and as the tree began to fall, a gust of win d twisted it. Employee #1 ran under the falling tree to get to a rope that he wa s concerned the tree would fall on. The tree crushed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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