OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512172

KEN HOPKINS CONSTRUCTON & LOGGING

BURNETT COUNTY, WI— 1985-03-08T00:00:00

Event: TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1955707
Employer profile: KEN HOPKINS CONSTRUCTON & LOGGING
Summary number: 14512172
Report ID: 521110

Event description

Employee killed by falling tree

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on March 8, 1985, Employee #1 had notched two trees a nd felled the first one. As he was limbing the first tree, the second tree fell on him. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
39

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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