OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539357
BRAD OSLER LOGGING CO
EUREKA, MT—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING TREE
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 29, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:15 PM., EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS CUTTING TREES IN THE AFTER FAST CREEK-YAAK RIVER DRAINAGE AREA, NEAR EUREKA, MONTANA. THE LAST T REE CUT FELL IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, CAUSING A SNAG 48 FEET AWAY TO FALL IN HIS DIRECTION. HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF HEAD, CAUSING MULTIPLE HEAD INJURIES, IN TRA CRANIAL HEMORRHAGE AND A MASSIVE CEREBRAL CONTUSION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- 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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