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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816751

FRONT END LOADER,TREE FELLING,TREE LIMB,LOADER BUCKET,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,STRUCK BY

Event
FRONT END LOADER,TREE FELLING,TREE LIMB,LOADER BUCKET,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
816751
Report ID
112000

Event description

Employee killed when struck by tree limb

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing in the bucket of a front end loader using a chain saw t o cut trees. A tree limb that he was cutting struck him and caused him to fall o ut of the bucket and hit the ground. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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