OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400592
3-WWW PIPELINE CONSTRUCTORS INC
TATUM, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and another tree cutter were clearing a gas line right-of-way. They were notching trees about 25 feet from one another when the coworker yelled that he was ready to throw his tree. Employee #1 said to go ahead and started to wal k clear, but he apparently turned back to cut some small saplings that were in t he way. The coworker, who had turned to finish cutting the tree, looked up as th e tree began to fall and yelled a warning to Employee #1. He was struck by the f alling tree and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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