OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485809
HEAD,TREE FELLING,TREE LIMB,TREE,FALL,STRUCK BY,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING TREE LIMB
Investigation abstract
On March 27, 1990, Employee #1 was felling trees when he was apparently struck b y a 25-ft limb which broke off the main trunk and fell approximately 52 ft strik ing him in the head. Although Employee #1 was wearing a hard hat, he died of a s evere head wound. The branch that fell was a live branch.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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