OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689083
STAI'S NURSERY CENTER
WALKER, MN·
Event description
WIND BLEW TREE ONTO EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD GONE INTO A WOODED AREA TO CUT POLES FOR A LEAN-TO AT A NURSERY. HIGH WINDS HAD APPARENTLY BLOWN AN ASPEN TREE OVER INTO ANOTHER TREE. THE EMPLO YEE WENT TO CUT A POLE (SMALL TREE) DOWN IN THAT AREA. THE WIND AND THE WEIGHT O F THE ASPEN TREE CAUSED A BRANCH TO BREAK. THE LODGED TREE FELL, STRIKING EMPLOY EE #1 AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY. THE TREE BRANCH THAT STRU CK HIM WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 32
- Occupation code
- 484
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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