OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734665
JEFF BARTLEY LOGGING CO.
SALUDA, SC·
Event description
STRUCK ON TOP OF HEAD BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING ON A TREE STUMP SHARPENING A SAW. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, ABOU T 69 FEET AWAY, WAS FELLING A TREE. WHEN THE TREE FELL THE WIND CAUGHT IT AND BL EW IT IN THE DIRECTION OF EMPLOYEE #1. THERE WAS A BROKEN LIMB ON ON THE FALLING TREE. THE STUB OF THE BROKEN LIMB STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD, KI LLING HIM INSTANTLY. THE TREE WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 WAS 70 FEET LONG AND 9 IN CHES IN DIAMETER AT THE BASE. THE LIMB STUB WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 WAS 3/4 INC H TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND SIX INCHES LONG. THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK WITHIN THE FALL RADIUS OF THE TREE BEING FELLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- 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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