OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540132
CLEARANCE,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,TREE,NECK,STRUCK BY,COMMUNICATION,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:45 a.m. on November 23, 1987, Employee #1 was inspecting the number on an 18 inch by 28 foot culvert. The culvert was in the road, 36 feet fr om where a backhoe was uprooting a tree. Employee #1 was struck by the falling t ree and died of a fractured neck.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 216
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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