OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443246

TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION

1987-05-15T00:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14443246
Report ID: 355111

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 a.m. on May 15, 1987, Employee #1 was using a chain saw of an unknown ma ke and model to fell trees in Franklin, VA. When the tree he was cutting didn't fall because of notching action, Employee #1 started to cut another tree. The fi rst notched tree then fell, striking and killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
496

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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