OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672162
FRACTURE,HEAD,TREE LIMB,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOGGING,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:30 pm, on August 24, 1987, an employee was killed when he was struck on the head by a falling tree.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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