OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539936

TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,LODGED TREE,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING,INATTENTION

1986-12-24T00:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING,WORK RULES,LODGED TREE,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14539936
Report ID: 830100

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

#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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