OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440770

CLEARANCE,HEAD,SAWYER,TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING,COMMUNICATION

1987-09-18T00:00:00

Event: CLEARANCE,HEAD,SAWYER,TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING,COMMUNICATION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14440770
Report ID: 1032500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a landing sawyer, decided to top a tree that had fallen between two standing problem trees at the edge of a landing area. After he had topped the t ree, Employee #1 felled the two standing trees. He had just returned to where he had topped the first tree when a feller dropped a tree that struck the bottom o f the topped tree, causing the top to spring up. As it fell down, the tree struc k Employee #1 on the head, crushing his skull. He was killed. Employee #1 was we aring a hard hat at the time of the accident.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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