Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14429245 - Employee killed when struck in head by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 14429245 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 06/29/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101222503	07/17/1989	0811	0	Campbell Logging

Abstract: Employee #1, a tree faller, notched and backcut a live spruce tree, which was held up vertically by an adjacent intertwined snag. While the employee was limbing a nearby tree, the snag broke loose, hitting him in the back of the head and crushing his skull. He died.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, LODGED TREE, CRUSHED, SKULL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101222503			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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