Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535322

SHOCKEY LOG CONTRACTING

Event
KICK BACK, HEAD, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#100843622
Employer profile
SHOCKEY LOG CONTRACTING
Summary number
14535322
Report ID
830300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 felled a tree, which hit another tree. This caused the felled tree t o be thrown against Employee #1, knocking him down. The butt of the tree then fe ll on his head, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    39
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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