OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496962

CHEST,HEAD,TREE,STRUCK BY,FACE,FALLING OBJECT

1988-07-07T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,HEAD,TREE,STRUCK BY,FACE,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14496962
Report ID: 627100

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, who had over 20 years experience in logging operations, cut a live tree, felling it across a creek between two live standing trees. The wind from t he falling live tree or the vibrations from it hitting the ground, caused a dead tree standing approximately 16 to 18 feet from its path to fall. The dead tree fell back across the creek to where Employee #1 was standing, striking him in th e right front side of his head and cheek, and then in his chest. Employee #1, wh o was wearing a hard hat, suffered massive head injuries and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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