OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568000
GORES CHIPPING AND LOGGING
AYNOR, SC·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree limb
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was refueling a saw while standing behind a sawyer felling a hardwoo d tree. The falling tree struck an adjacent tree, causing a 4 in. diameter limb to snap off. The falling limb struck Employee #1, resulting in a severe skull fr acture. He was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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