OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550594

TREE FELLING,BACK,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING,INATTENTION

1985-08-30T00:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING,BACK,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14550594
Report ID: 1032500

Event description

STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST CUT A 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE. AS IT WAS FALLING HE WALKED IN A SAFE DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE DIRECTION OF FALL. A 60 FOOT TALL ALDER TREE, LO CATED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AWAY, FELL AT THE SAME TIME AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 A CROSS THE BACK. THE ALDER TREE ROOT WAD HAD PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND. AN EXAMINA TION SHOWED THAT THE ROOTS WERE DRY AND BRITTLE AND HAD BEEN IMBEDDED IN EXTREME LY DRY GROUND. CROWN AND SIDE LEAN MOST PROBABLY UNBALANCED THE TREE AND CAUSED IT TO TOPPLE.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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