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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348122

TREE FELLING,FELLER-BUNCHER,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING

Event
TREE FELLING,FELLER-BUNCHER,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14348122
Report ID
418400

Event description

STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DOWN AND BANDING PINE SAW TIMBER WITH A FRANKLIN 170 FEL LER-BUNCHER MACHINE. HE HAD JUST CUT A 50' TALL PINE TREE. AS HE RELEASED THE VE RTICAL TREE FROM THE JAWS OF THE FRANKLIN 170, EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED FROM BEHIND A TREE INTO THE PATH OF THE FALLING TREE. THE TREE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD , KILLING HIM. NO MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN, AS THE TIMBER WAS REMOVED BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    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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