OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567325
EMERGENCY RESPONSE,CRUSHED,LUMBER,TREE,LOGGER,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY DAMAGED TREE
Investigation abstract
An employee was cutting and removing damaged trees after a major hurricane. He w as working on a 100-ft-tall tree that snapped at the trunk 25 ft from the ground . The remaining 80 ft of the tree was still attached with the tip of the tree to uching the ground. The employee was working under the 80 ft length, cutting the snapped area when the 80 ft length completely detached from the rest of the tree . The 80 ft length of tree fell on the employee and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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