OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409675
U.S. FOREST SERVICE
TROUTDALE, OR·
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by tree
Investigation abstract
At 11:15 a.m. on November 6, 2021, an employee, a volunteer, was planting trees on a slight incline below the trail. A west wind blew over the top portion of a cottonwood tree, and the tree struck the employee in the head. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma to the head.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 14 M
- Event type
- 1
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