OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14437750

HEAD,HIGH WIND,SAWYER,SHOULDER,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING

1989-05-24T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,HIGH WIND,SAWYER,SHOULDER,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14437750
Report ID: 1032500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by uprooted fir tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had just made the first cut in a lodge pole pine with his chainsaw w hen a 95 ft tall, green Douglas fir 75 ft away (across the hill) suddenly uproot ed and fell, striking him across the shoulders and back of the head. Employee #1 was killed. A gust of wind may have caused the fir to fall.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 60 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
496

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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