OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221624935

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

STIGLER, OK— 2023-07-17T00:00:00

Event: ABRASION, BLUNT FORCE, BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, CHAIN SAW, CONCUSSION, CONTUSION, CUTTING, FALLING OBJECT, FRACTURE, HEAD, LACERATION, LIVER, LUNG, NECK, RIB, STRUCK BY, TREE, TREE LIMB, VERTEBRA
NAICS: 921190
Inspection type: Unprogrammed Related
Activity number: #347168650
Employer profile: U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Summary number: 221624935
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

EMPLOYEE IS KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY TREE BRANCH

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on July 17, 2023, an employee had gotten into an oak tree in order to cut a large oak branch that was dead so that it would not fall on the camping spot. The employee made the undercut on the limb which caused his chainsaw to become stuck. The employee was getting a second saw to make the top cut when the limb fell and struck him. The employee died due to multiple blunt force injuries to his head, neck and torso. The employee suffered abrasions, contusions, and lacerations, lung and liver lacerations, fractures of the vertebra, sternum, ribs, and a concussion.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 0

Event type
1

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