OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14439467
FRACTURE,TREE FELLING,LODGED TREE,SKULL,NECK,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was felling lodgepole pine and hung a tree in a snag. He attempted t o fell the hanger by felling three lodgepoles into the hanger and the snag. When this procedure proved unsuccessful, Employee #1 went approximately 43 feet east of the hangers and snag and felled another lodgepole. At this point the snag an d hangers came down. The snag struck Employee #1 in the head, fracturing his sku ll and neck. He died.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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