OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547988
JIM LESLIE CUTTING
WRANGELL, AK·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by collapsing rotten tree
Investigation abstract
At 1:00 p.m. on August 8, 1986, Employee #1 was felling a tree on Etolin Island in Anito Bay, near Wrangell, AK. The tree was very rotten and had a hollow stump . When weakened further by the felling cuts, it collapsed straight down under it s own weight, and slabs of the hollow butt flared out in all directions. One sla b struck and killed Employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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