OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440994
KICK BACK,ABDOMEN,TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TORSO,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Event description
Employee killed when felled tree kicked back off stump
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was felling trees along the side of a skid road. He had just cut a l arge white fir tree that evidently pulled slightly to the right or left of its i ntended path. The fir struck an approximately 30 ft tall snag and kicked back of f its stump about 10 1/2 ft, striking Employee #1 in his midsection. He died at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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