OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440523

CLEARANCE,HEAD,TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,FACE,LOGGING,INATTENTION

1986-06-19T00:00:00

Event: CLEARANCE,HEAD,TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,FACE,LOGGING,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14440523
Report ID: 1032500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were felling trees as part of a logging operation. Th by the falling tree. ey were working approximately 100 feet apart, in voice contact and within sight of one another. The coworker was getting ready to fell a tree and called to Empl oyee #1 to inform him that the tree would fall toward the large red fir that was near him. Employee #1 told him go ahead since he was moving uphill and would be clear. The coworker started his saw and felled the tree. The tree fell in the d irection he had indicated, brushing down the upper edge of the red fir. Employee #1 evidently was standing behind the red fir and looked around just as the othe r tree was coming down. Employee #1 was killed when struck in the head and face

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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