OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14530109
SULLIVAN LOGGING
EAST KINGSTON, NH·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had left a 68 ft tall tree standing after the undercut and the back cut had been completed. He then went on to another tree and, while cutting, his saw jammed in the cut. He asked the skid operator to push the tree so that he co uld retrieve the saw. At that time a gust of wind pushed over the original tree, which struck Employee #1 on the head. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and th en flown by Medevac to Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA, where he died approxi mately 9 hours later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WEATHER, EARTHQUAKE, ETC. (17)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.