OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14524268
FRACTURE,TREE FELLING,TREE LIMB,PPE,WORK RULES,SKULL,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY TREE LIMB
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 AM ON MARCH 10, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FELLING A TREE. WHEN THE TREE FELL A LIMB OF THE TREE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, FRACTURING HIS SKULL. HE LATER DIED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING ANY KIND OF HEAD PROTECTION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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