OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431530

TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING

1988-03-10T14:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14431530
Report ID: 830100

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY A FALLING TREE

Investigation abstract

AT ABOUT 2 PM ON MARCH 10, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN THE LANDING AREA WHE N HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A TREE THAT HAD BEEN FELLED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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