OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14559157
CODY LUMBER CO. INC.
CODY, WY·
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
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#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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