OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221514789
L&O LOGGING LLC
MARION, IN—
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by falling tree limb
Investigation abstract
At 12:42 p.m. on November 17, 2022, an employee was running a kidder and was not to get out of the skidder. The employee exited the skidder and walked into the area approximately 200 yards away where a tree was being felled. A tree limb fell and struck him, trapping and crushing him. The employee lost consciousness and stopped breathing. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 7020
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