Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128000.015 - Employee is killed when struck by falling tree stump

Accident Summary Nr: 128000.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 07/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1484920.015	07/21/2020		561110	Fredi Salazar Dba Menos

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on July 20, 2020, an employee was cutting smaller logs for removal adjacent to the tree. The employee had cut the 17-foot stump of the ash tree (approximately 17-feet by 21-inch diameter) with a Stihl MS 271 Farm Boss chainsaw approximately 90% through the diameter of 21 inches and was standing approximately 20 feet away cutting smaller logs when the tree fell unexpectedly. The employee was struck in the head and chest, causing a fatal traumatic head injury and was killed at the scene.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Chain Saw, Chest, Falling Object, Head, Struck By, Tree, Tree Stumping

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1484920.015	40	M	Fatality

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