OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14530109
HEAD,HIGH WIND,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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