OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550636
WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,TREE,SKIDDER,STRUCK BY,LOGGING,COMMUNICATION
Event description
Employee killed when tree falls on skidder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was driving a skidder up a logging trail where a sawyer was felling trees. He drove into the danger area at the same time as a tree was coming down. The tree struck the skidder's canopy, pushing it down onto Employee #1. He was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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