OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425879
CUSTOM VIEW CONTRACTING, LLC
HACKER VALLEY, WV·
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by tree section
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on November 5, 2021, an employee was performing logging operations and was cutting down two large poplar trees. As the employee was cutting, a 40-foot section of the top of a different poplar tree broke and struck him in the back and head. The employee died due to head and back injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 496
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