OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #594291

TREE FELLING,CRUSHED,TREE SECTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING

1989-02-03T00:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING,CRUSHED,TREE SECTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 594291
Report ID: 419400

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by tree top

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a log cutter, was attempting to connect a chain cable to pull out a cut tree when another tree top fell onto him. Employee #1 was crushed and kille d.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
496

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

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