OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539886

FRED KING CONSTRUCTION, INC.

LIBBY, MT· 1986-07-09T00:00:00

Event: SAWYER, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, LODGED TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100670215
Employer profile: FRED KING CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 14539886
Report ID: 830100

Event description

Employee struck and killed by falling tree

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on July 10, 1986, Employee #1 was removing a snag he had cut that was leaning back into two uncut trees. He felled the first of these trees, but the snag failed to fall. He then cut the second tree, which caused a ll three trees to come down. The two trees Employee #1 cut to remove the snag fe ll forward and away from him. The snag fell backward, striking him on the head, and killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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