OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478275
MIKE FRASER/DICK NORTON
JEFFERSON, ME·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on the side of a hill, felling a pine tree. He did not cut compl etely through, and the tree twisted as it fell in the direction opposite to that which he had intended. The feller was struck by the tree and killed. There were no witnesses to the accident. The skidder operator had been in the yard and fou nd Employee #1 when he returned.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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