OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496723

WORK RULES,LIMBING,LODGED TREE,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING

1987-09-29T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,LIMBING,LODGED TREE,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14496723
Report ID: 627100

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was limbing a tree beneath a lodged tree. He was killed when the lod ged tree broke loose and fell on him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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