OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539936
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TROY, MT·
Event description
Employee killed when lodged tree falls on him
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:25 p.m. on December 24, 1986, Employee #1 was cutting a tree in which another tree had become lodged. When the cut was finished, the lodged t ree fell and struck Employee #1 on the head, killing him. The lodged tree had be en pushed over by a Caterpillar during construction of a skid trail
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- 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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