OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375406
TREE FELLING,TREE,ELEC UTILITY WORK,STRUCK BY,TREE TRIMMING,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
A four-employee crew was cutting and trimming trees away from an overhead power line. One of the employees cut down a tree. As it fell, the tree brushed an adja cent tree. He examined the area and found it to be clear, so he continued cuttin g the fallen tree. He was working with his back to the previously brushed tree w hen it fell and landed on him. He died of his injuries. The interior base of the stump of the brushed tree was rotted. Although this tree had become unstable, t he outside of the tree appeared healthy, with the bark in good condition and gre en buds on the branches.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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