OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976605

HEAD,TREE LIMB,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1988-12-21T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,TREE LIMB,WORK RULES,TREE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 976605
Report ID: 551800

Event description

Employee killed when struck by tree limb

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was one of four coworkers who were cutting wood to clean up a field and woods near a farm. Each person was going to share in the wood cut and, if th ey had any left over, they planned to sell it and share the money. He was standi ng 10 to 12 ft south of a tree that was being cut. When the tree fell it hit ano ther dead tree, knocking off a 24 ft long, 6 to 7 in. diameter limb. The limb fe ll 45 ft, striking Employee #1 on the head. He was taken to a nearby doctor and pronounced dead on arrival.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
2

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