OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221488026

U. S. FOREST SERVICE

DIAMOND LAKE, OR— 2022-08-10T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Fire, Fire Brigade/Department, Fire Fighter, Head, Internal Bleeding, Internal Injuries, Struck By, Tree
NAICS: 115310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346146038
Employer profile: U. S. FOREST SERVICE
Summary number: 221488026
Report ID: 1032700

Event description

Employee is struck and killed by large old growth tree

Investigation abstract

At 12:40 p.m. on August 10, 2022, an employee was working as a member of a Type 2 Initial Attack Hot Shot wildland firefighting crew, digging a hand line to prevent the additional spread of a wildfire when a large 150-foot old growth tree fell and struck another tree. The second tree fell on a third tree and the third tree then struck the employee. The employee suffered internal bleeding and a head injury and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
417

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