OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689935

FRACTURE,TREE LIMB,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,FACE,FALLING OBJECT

1986-10-28T10:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,TREE LIMB,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,FACE,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 689935
Report ID: 552700

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN FACE BY FALLING TREE BRANCH

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM ON OCTOBER 28, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING IN THE FRON T BUCKET OF A PAYLOADER, USING A CHAIN SAW TO NOTCH A LARGE TREE BRANCH. AS HE W AS BEING LOWERED IN THE BUCKET, THE BRANCH BROKE AWAY FROM THE TREE, FELL AND ST RUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE FACE AND ARM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A FRACTU RED SKULL.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 62 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
889

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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