OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495998

HEAD,HARD HAT,TREE FELLING,LODGED TREE,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING

1984-10-11T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,HARD HAT,TREE FELLING,LODGED TREE,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14495998
Report ID: 627100

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK ON HEAD BY FALLING TREE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, AGE 36, WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE ONE TREE BY CUTTING DOWN ANOTHER. AS HE WAS DOING THIS, THE LODGED TREE CAME FREE, FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND HE REMAINED CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ORDEAL. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND OPERATED ON, AN D WAS THOUGHT TO BE DOING WELL. JUST BEFORE HE WAS DUE TO BE RELEASED, EMPLOYEE #1 SUDDENLY, AND UNEXPECTEDLY, DIED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 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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