OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221502131

317731173 - STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

GRANTS PASS, OR— 2022-08-18T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Fire, Fire Brigade/Department, Fire Fighter, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Tree
NAICS: 924120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346166499
Employer profile: 317731173 - STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Summary number: 221502131
Report ID: 1054116

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by tree while fighting fire

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on August 18, 2022, an employee was working on a wildfire when a tree damaged by the fire fell, struck the employee and killed him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
417

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