OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444087
ARVIN LOGGING
CHASE CITY, VA·
Event description
TREE FELLER STRUCK AND KILLED BY LIMB WHICH BROKE FROM TREE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM ON MARCH 5, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FELLING A RED OAK TREE, 21 INCHES IN DIAMETER AT THE STUMP. THE TREE WAS TO BE FELLED IN AN EASTERLY DI RECTION. AS THE TREE FELL, HE STEPPED 8 TO 10 FEET TO THE WEST. THE FALLING TREE STRUCK A "SNAG" APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET TALL, LOCATED 30 FEET TO THE EAST OF THE FALLING TREE. A LIMB, APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET LONG AND 9 INCHES IN DIAMETER, WAS B ROKEN FROM THE FALLING TREE AS IT STRUCK THE "SNAG". THE LIMB FELL ON EMPLOYEE # 1, STRIKING HIM IN THE ABDOMEN AND KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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