Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134720.015 - Employee Is Killed After Being Struck By Tree Limb

Accident Summary Nr: 134720.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 04/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1524710.015	04/09/2021		113310	3w Timber And Construction Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on April 7,2021, an employee was preparing to fell a tree with a ch ainsaw when a 26 foot long tree branch fell and struck him in the head. The empl oyee suffered skull fractures and was killed.

Keywords: blunt force, blunt force trauma, chain saw, communication, cutting, falling object, fracture, head, logger, logging, skull, struck by, training, tree, tree felling, tree limb, tree section, unstable position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1524710.015	44	M	Fatality		Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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