OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #712257
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO
SCOTTSBURG, OR·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling limb
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 24, 1987, Employee #1 had blown a go-ah iff; Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene. ead signal after fighting a hang-up. A rope line went around an alder tree and t hen to the tail block to keep the lines separated. Employee #1 and two coworkers were standing on a fir below the alder when the alder broke from the line press ure and fell toward the rigging crew. The two coworkers exited in one direction, and Employee #1 went in another that was in line with the falling tree. As it f ell, the alder brushed against another tree, breaking off a large limb. Employee #1 jumped clear of the alder but did not see the falling limb. He was struck on the head and killed instantly. An ambulance was dispatched, along with the sher
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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