Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14296164 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 14296164 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 12/04/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2840965	12/05/1985	1611	0	Pleasent Excavating Company Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was working at the top of a grade, cutting up trees that had been pushed over by a loader. A logger was at the bottom of the grade felling a tree that was over 100 ft tall. The logger did not know that Employee #1 was in the path of the falling tree until it was too late to warn him. Employee #1 was struck by the falling tree and killed.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TREE, STRUCK BY, COMMUNICATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2840965			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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