OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237648
PAUL NEAL LOGGING CONTRACTOR CO
SHERIDAN, AR—
Event description
Employee killed when cut by chain saw
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to fell one tree onto another to dislodge it from a t hird tree. Apparently, the tree he was felling started to kick back and as he es caped his chain saw struck his head. He sustained a fatal cut. Employee #1 had b een hospitalized on July 9 and 10, 1984, for possible heat prostration and dizzi ness. He may have become dizzy and fallen on his saw.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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