OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568844
WESTERN CASCADE OF OREGON INC
NEHALEM, OR·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling limb
Investigation abstract
Between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on February 26, 1986, Employee #1 was using a S tihl 090 chain saw to fell an approximately 6 ft diameter fir tree. The tree bru shed against a nearby tree as it fell, breaking off a large limb approximately 1 30 feet up the felled tree. Employee #1 was leaving the danger area and was appr oximately 13 ft to the rear and side of the stump when he was struck on the head by the falling limb. His hard hat was knocked off and he was killed. Employee # 1 felled the fir tree without the assistance required by rule OAR437-80-110(9).
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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