Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14257315 - STRUCK BY FALLING DEAD PINE TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 14257315 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 02/03/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3039781	04/05/1985	2411	0	Loveless Logging Co Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED TO HELP THE SKIDDER OPERATOR HOOK UP SOME LOGS. HE WAS STANDING ABOUT 30 FEET FROM A DEAD PINE TREE WHICH WAS ABOUT SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 50 FEET TALL. WITHOUT ANY KNOWN CAUSE, THE DEAD TREE FELL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 ON HIS HEAD AND RIGHT ARM. HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM AND SEVERE INJURIES TO HIS HEAD, AND LATER DIED. THE DEAD TREE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FELLED BEFORE EMPLOYEES WERE ALLOWED TO WORK IN ITS VICINITY.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TREE, STRUCK BY, ARM, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3039781			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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