OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14442495
WOOLFOLK BROS. LUMBER CORP.
CUCKOO, VA·
Event description
Employee struck and killed by pieces of falling tree
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:00 noon on November 7, 1987, Employee #1 was using an Intern ational earthmoving pan, model 2T751, serial #963, to clear land. He was cutting the crown from the center of an access road when the left-hand side of the hopp er struck a tree. Parts of the falling tree struck Employee #1 on the head and p unctured his chest, killing him. There were no witnesses to the accident. The pa n was not equipped with overhead and rear canopy guards.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 69 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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