OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443246
EPPS BROTHERS LUMBER, INC.
ASHLAND, VA·
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
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#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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