Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14254205 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 14254205 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 09/29/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18513184	11/17/1989	1629	0	Mcconnell Grading

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on September 29, 1989, Employee #1 had just cut a fallen tree, 8.5 inches in diameter by 21 feet tall, at a point 4 feet above the root system. The trunk of the tree was suspended in a horizontal position, about 4 feet off ground, in the bucket of a Caterpillar backhoe. Employee #1 misjudged the hazardous situation and walked between the bucket and the main part of the backhoe to make another cut on the tree trunk. The top of the tree was wedged between standing trees. Tension on the tree trunk caused it to slip over the teeth of the backhoe bucket and strike Employee #1 on left side of the head. This resulted in blunt trauma injury to the head with a basilar skull fracture which caused the employees death.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, BACKHOE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18513184			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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