OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401269

TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,LODGED TREE,CRUSHED,TREE,LOGGER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING

1988-08-23T00:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,LODGED TREE,CRUSHED,TREE,LOGGER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14401269
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was felling trees to cut into logs when one of the trees became lodg ed in another. He left this tree in its hanging position and began felling a sec ond tree. Apparently, he was trying to cut the second tree so that as it fell it would dislodge the first tree. When the second tree fell, it skidded down the f irst tree and struck Employee #1 as he tried to get out of the way. The lodged t ree also fell, striking Employee #1 on the lower half of his body. He was killed .

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
9

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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