OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14481055

HEAD,HIGH WIND,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1986-10-06T14:00:00

Event: HEAD,HIGH WIND,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14481055
Report ID: 214200

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY FALLING TREE TRUNK

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON HIS WAY TO HIS REGULARLY ASSIGNED JOB IN BUILDING 471 AT 2 PM ON OCTOBER 6, 1986. HE WAS ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE REAR OF THE BUILDING AND ABOU T 22 FEET FROM A DEAD TREE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY PART OF THE TREE TR UNK AND KILLED. THE WIND, BLOWING AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR, APPARENTLY SNAPPED OFF THE TOP (ABOVE 30 FEET) PART OF THE DEAD TREE JUST AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKI NG BY AND BLEW THE BROKEN PORTION ONTO HIM. (THE WIND VELOCITY WAS OBTAINED FROM THE MORRISTOWN WEATHER BUREAU.)

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
32

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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