Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125635.015 - Logging employee is struck and killed by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 125635.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 04/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1473160.015	04/23/2020		113310	Millcreek Lumber, Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on April 22, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that operated a sawmill. He was logging trees to send to the sawmill. He was felling trees with a chainsaw. He was removing a small tree that was in the fall path of a large tree. The small tree fell, striking a dead tree. The dead tree fell back toward the employee and struck him in the head. The employee suffered blunt force trauma injury to his head. He was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Chain Saw, Falling Object, Head, Logger, Logging, Sawmill, Struck By, Tree

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1473160.015	33	M	Fatality

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