OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467591
TREES UNLIMITED
PERU, VT·
Event description
Logger killed when struck by falling limb
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a subcontractor for a logging operation. A leaning tree was cut, and as it fell it struck another tree, breaking off a limb. The approximately 2 0 ft long by 10 in. thick limb struck Employee #1 on or about the head, killing him. His body was found some time later by another logger.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 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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