OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977215
ROACH BROTHERS SAWMILL
ENVILLE, TN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN LIMB FROM FELLED TREE HIT HIS HEAD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST FINISHED CUTTING A TREE WHICH FELL TO THE GROUND. AS HE TUR NED TO WALK AWAY, A LIMB BROKE OFF THE FELLED TREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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