OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405749

TONY BISHOP

LOUISVILLE, TN· 2021-10-01T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Back Cut, Chest, Clearance, Crushed, Cutting, Face, Falling Object, Jaw, Laceration, Logger, Logging, Neck, PPE, Protective Clothing, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Section
NAICS: 113310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345604557
Employer profile: TONY BISHOP
Summary number: 221405749
Report ID: 0454714

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by falling tree

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee was in the process of cutting down a 74-foot, 13-inch diameter walnut tree when the tree fell the wrong way and the trunk came down on top of the employee. The employee was killed from multiple injuries including a crushed chest, cut neck and chin, and broken lower jaw.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
496

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