OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14513030
JIM BANT & SONS
ARBOR VITAE, WI·
Event description
Employee struck and killed by falling dead tree
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on November 21, 1985, Employee #1 was cutting down a 60 ft tree. When the tree fell, it brushed against a dead tree about 30 ft away . The dead tree came loose at the roots and fell toward Employee #1, striking hi m on the head and body. There were no witnesses to the accident. Employee #1 was using his chain saw and apparently neither saw nor heard the dead tree fall. Th e dead tree may not have fallen immediately, and Employee #1 may have turned to cut down a tree adjacent to the one he had just felled and thus was not watching the dead tree.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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