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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14559157

TREE,STRUCK BY,ENTANGLED,LOGGING,INATTENTION

Event
TREE,STRUCK BY,ENTANGLED,LOGGING,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14559157
Report ID
855610

Event description

STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 CUT A TREE WITHOUT USING THE PROPER NOTCHING PROCEDURE. THE TREE BEC AME ENTANGLED IN AN ADJACENT TREE. HE THEN CUT SEVERAL OTHER TREES WITHOUT INCID ENT. HE THEN WENT TO FILL HIS CHAIN-SAW WITH GASOLINE. THE GASOLINE CAN WAS LOCA TED DIRECTLY BENEATH THE HANGING TREE. WHEN HE PUT DOWN HIS SAW, THE HANGING TRE E BEGAN TO FALL. THE TREE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ACROSS THE CHEST, KNOCKING HIM TO T HE GROUND AND KILLING HIM.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 41 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    496
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    6
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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