OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440523
NORTH IDAHO JAMMERS INC.
KOOSKIA, ID·
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
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#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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