OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420102

317729549 - TRM CUTTING INC

COOS BAY, OR· 2021-11-08T00:00:00

Event: Back, Backing Up, Construction, Fracture, Logger, Logging, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling, Walking Backward
NAICS: 113310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345691141
Employer profile: 317729549 - TRM CUTTING INC
Summary number: 221420102
Report ID: 1054116

Event description

Employee fractures back while felling tree

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on November 8, 2021, an employee was felling an alder tree. When the tree started to fall, the employee was backing up and away from the tree when a snag fell over and hit the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured back.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
496

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