Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1000306 - Employee dies when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 1000306 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/13/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18574798	03/16/1990	2411	0	D. D. Logging Of Wilkes, Inc.

Abstract: A company was cutting timber on a 10 to 15 acre tract. Work started on the site on March 1, 1990. Employee #1 was employed as a skidder operator. A large white pine tree had a broken section that was lodged at the top. The tree measured 24 in. in diameter at the base and 33 ft 11 in. high, not including the broken section at the top. The tree was 75 yards north off the road and in the woods. Another employee had tried without success to pull the lodged section to the ground. Employee #1 came down the hill, picked up a chain saw, and started to cut the tree. As the tree started to fall, he ran uphill and into the path of the falling tree. The section of the tree that struck Employee #1 measured 18 in. in diameter. He died of internal chest injuries.

Keywords: WORK RULES, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18574798			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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