OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #710145
AGRICULTURE,WORK RULES,BACK,TREE,TREE SECTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling tree top
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing an approximately 25 ft broken top of a cottonwood tree that was still partially attached to the main stem of the tree. Employee #1 sawe d off one of the forked tops near the ground, causing the broken top to shift aw ay from the main stem and fall to the shore of the river. Employee #1 attempted to escape by running up the shore. He was killed when the broken top struck him in the back.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 486
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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