OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422686
R AND R CONTRACTING, INC.
PRIEST RIVER, ID·
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by treetop
Investigation abstract
At 8:00 a.m. on December 20, 2021, an employee was hooking a skyline. The skyline caught and kicked up a treetop from a debris pile and flung it up in the air approximately 150-200 feet, and it came down and struck the employee on the back of neck. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 496
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