OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348122
TREE FELLING,FELLER-BUNCHER,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
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
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#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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