OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198147
UNITED PAVING CO. INC.
ELKTON, MD—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
SOME EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING DOWN AND REMOVING TREES TO CLEAR A SITE. THREE EMPLO INJURED EMPLOYEES WAS WEARING A HARD HAT. YEES WERE ATTEMPING TO PUSH A STANDING TREE DOWN BY HAND. THE TREE HAD BEEN BACK CUT WITH A CHAIN SAW, BUT WOULD NOT FALL BECAUSE ANOTHER TREE HAD LODGED IN IT. THE CROWN OF THE LODGED TREE FELL ONTO EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2. ONE EMPLOYEE RECEIV ED CONTUSIONS TO HIS LEG, BACK AND NECK, AND A CONCUSSION. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE RE CEIVED A CONTUSION ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND THE LOWER BACK. THE EMPLOYEES HAD NOT B EEN PROPERLY INSTRUCTED IN THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR FELLING LODGED TREES. (IT S HOULD HAVE BEEN DONE USING PROPER MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT, NOT BY HAND.) TH EY SHOULD NOT HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO ANY WORK UNDER A LODGED TREE. NEITHER OF THE
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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