Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14321798 - Employee is struck and killed while felling trees

Accident Summary Nr: 14321798 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 02/17/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116046293	02/18/1992	2421	0	Ritenour Lumber Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was felling a tree while working on a logging operation on a hill with a slope of about 45 to 50 degrees. He had cut his notch and was on the backside of the notch making his horizontal cut so that the tree would fall in the direction of the notch. Just as his saw got above the horizontal cut of the notch, the tree split and hit him in the stomach area. He died about 5 hours later on the operating table. The notch cut was not made correctly; the horizontal cut was about 2 to 2 1/2 inches past the point where the slant cut met the horizontal cut.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, UNEVEN GROUND, WORK RULES, LACERATION, TREE, STRUCK BY, SLOPE, STOMACH

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116046293			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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