OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #739201
HEAD,HIGH WIND,TREE FELLING,TREE LIMB,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING TREE LIMB
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 18, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING TOWARD A TREE HE WAS INTENDING TO CUT . THE HIGH WINDS BROKE THE TOP OFF A NEARBY WHITE OAK. THE TOP FELL AND STRUCK E MPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD. HE WAS BADLY INJURED, AND DIED THE NEXT DAY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 32
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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