OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203947
TALL FIR CUTTERS INC
SWEET HOME, OR—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING TREE WHICH HAD BEEN LODGED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 FELLED A 15 INCH DIAMETER FIR TREE WHICH FELL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECT ION TO THAT INTENDED. IT LODGED IN TWO STANDING TREES. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN STARTED TO FELL A LARGER FIR TREE INTO THE HUNG TREE TO KNOCK IT DOWN. AS EMPLOYEE #1 ST ARTED TO FELL THE LARGER TREE, THE SMALLER, HUNG TREE FELL, STRIKING HIM. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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