OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14477590
RACIBEC INC
ASHLAND, ME—
Event description
STRUCK BY A PIECE OF A TREE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD FELLED AND LIMBED SEVERAL SPRUCE TREES. THE SKIDDER OPERATOR CHO KED THE TREES WITH WINCH CABLES AND BEGAN TO PULL THE FELLED TREES TOWARD THE SK IDDER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE SKIDDER AND BEHIND SEVERAL TREES, APPROX 25 AWAY. ONE OF THE SPRUCE TREES BEING PULLED IN BUTTED UP AGAINST A STUM P AND SWUNG OVER TOWARD EMPLOYEE #1. THE SPRUCE TREE STRUCK A STANDING BIRCH TRE E. A SECTION OF THE SPRUCE TREE BROKE OFF, TRAVELED THROUGH THE AIR, AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, FRACTURING HIS SKULL AND KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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