OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14552400

HEAD,LIFELINE,CHAIN SAW,WORK RULES,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,LACERATION,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,TREE TRIMMING

1984-04-01T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,LIFELINE,CHAIN SAW,WORK RULES,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,LACERATION,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,TREE TRIMMING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14552400
Report ID: 213400

Event description

Employee killed in 30 ft fall from tree

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:47 p.m. on January 24, 1985, Employee #1 was using a gasoline -powered chain saw to trim branches from a tree. He had made the front part of a box cut on a branch and was making the final cut when he apparently slipped and the saw cut his safety line. He fell approximately 30 ft to the ground, strikin g his head against a pipe railing below the tree. Employee #1suffered a cranio-c erebral injury and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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