OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943126

WILLIAM LOGAN

WADESBORO, NC· 1988-10-24T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, TREE, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18506519
Employer profile: WILLIAM LOGAN
Summary number: 943126
Report ID: 453710

Event description

Employee killed when struck on head by falling tree

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was clearing land with a bulldozer when either the top of a tree fel l and hit him, or a tree slid off the bulldozer's blade, sprung back, and hit hi m in the head. Employee #1 died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
855

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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