OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14408942
TREE FELLING,CHAIN SAW,STUCK,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed when struck by tree
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and three coworkers were trimming and felling trees to clear a path for a new highway. The chain saw used by Employee #1 became stuck in a tree. The tree began to fall as Employee #1 was attempting to free the saw. Although he r an to an area away from the tree, the tree fell on Employee #1 and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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