OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14524268

WOODLAND SPECIALTIES, INC.

LAURELVILLE, OH· 1988-03-10T08:15:00

Event: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, PPE, WORK RULES, SKULL, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102549292
Employer profile: WOODLAND SPECIALTIES, INC.
Summary number: 14524268
Report ID: 522500

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

#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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