OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #666479

TREE EXPERT & LOGGING

JOHNSTON, RI· 1988-11-03T00:00:00

Event: CHEST, TREE FELLING, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18257071
Employer profile: TREE EXPERT & LOGGING
Summary number: 666479
Report ID: 112300

Event description

Employee struck and killed by falling dead tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cutting down a tree that caught a dead tree while falling, and c aused the dead tree to fall on him. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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