OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569230
JOE D & TOM L ELAM DBA
MYRTLE POINT, OR—
Event description
Employee killed when struck by tree limb
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on April 30, 1984, Employee #1 and a coworker were cu elp. At approximately 8:30 a.m., Employee #1 was flown by helicopter to the hosp ital, were he died 36 hours later. tting timber at the Big Fork Mink Sale, out of Coquille, OR. The coworker felled a tree approximately 150 feet tall and 30 inches in diameter at the base. Emplo yee #1 was standing back on the escape path, watching for falling limbs. When th e tree started to fall, Employee #1 and the coworker ran back 26 feet under a he mlock tree. The tree stopped rolling approximately 30 feet downhill and the cowo rker was proceeding toward it when he heard a bang. He turned and saw Employee # 1 falling to the ground. Employee #1 had been struck on his hard hat just above the right eye by an 18 inch long fir limb. The coworker ran out and called for h
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 96
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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