OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14427363

TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY

1987-06-08T00:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14427363
Report ID: 830500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was sitting in the cut surface of a dead tree that was being felled by a coworker. He got up before the coworker made the backcut, but the tree fell in the wrong direction, striking and killing Employee #1.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
3

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
5

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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