OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601286
LOWNER ENTERPRISES, INC
PLACERVILLE, CA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree limb
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was bucking a felled tree into logs when a tree limb from an adjacen t tree fell and struck him on the head, killing him. The thick crown areas of th e adjacent trees and may have hidden the broken tree limb from view. The wind, w hich was blowing an average of 8 mph with gusts to 35 mph, could also have dislo dged the tree limb.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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