OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391213

HEAD,WORK RULES,LIMBING,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING

1990-02-21T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,WORK RULES,LIMBING,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14391213
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee dies when struck in head by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was attempting to trim limbs from a previously fallen tree. He was s truck in the head and killed by a falling tree cut by a coworker.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 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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