Accident Report Detail

Accident: 118320.015 - Employee Is Struck By Tree As It Falls And Is Killed

**Accident: 118320.015 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 06/20/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1409788.015	06/20/2019		Goad Lumber Company, Inc.

At 6:45 a.m. on June 20, 2019, an employee was cutting a 21-inch diameter tree w ith a STIHL MS 661C Chainsaw with a Rollomatic ES chainsaw bar. The blade was w edged between tree sections and the employee told his coworker to back up to rel ieve the tension in the chainsaw bar. When the tree was cut and it fell to the ground, a second tree was dislodged and fell to the ground striking the employee in the neck, head, and chest. The employee was killed.

Keywords: chain saw, chest, head, neck, struck by, tree felling, tree limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1409788.015	58	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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