OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257315
LOVELESS LOGGING CO INC
PEACHLAND, NC—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING DEAD PINE TREE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED TO HELP THE SKIDDER OPERATOR HOOK UP SOME LOGS. HE WAS STAND ING ABOUT 30 FEET FROM A DEAD PINE TREE WHICH WAS ABOUT SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER A ND 50 FEET TALL. WITHOUT ANY KNOWN CAUSE, THE DEAD TREE FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 ON HIS HEAD AND RIGHT ARM. HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM AND SEVERE INJURIES TO HIS HEAD, AND LATER DIED. THE DEAD TREE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FELLED BEFORE EMPLOYEES WERE ALLOWED TO WORK IN ITS VICINITY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 494
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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