OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535322
KICK BACK,HEAD,TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
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
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#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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