OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14468854

INDIANA TRI-COUNTY EXCAVATING

MAHAFFEY, PA· 1987-01-12T00:00:00

Event: HIGH WIND, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LODGED TREE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #904482
Employer profile: INDIANA TRI-COUNTY EXCAVATING
Summary number: 14468854
Report ID: 317500

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was a brusher with a crew that was clearing a gas line right-of-way through a wooded area. He cut a tree at its base but it did not fall. It remaine d upright, held by its branches that were caught in the surrounding trees. Emplo yee #1 walked 20 feet to cut a log protruding from a brush pile. While he was ma king the second cut, the wind blew the first tree over on him. Employee #1 was k illed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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