Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14437750 - Employee killed when struck by uprooted fir tree

Accident Summary Nr: 14437750 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 05/24/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107026429	05/30/1989	2411	0	Helmick Log Products

Abstract: Employee #1 had just made the first cut in a lodge pole pine with his chainsaw when a 95 ft tall, green Douglas fir 75 ft away (across the hill) suddenly uprooted and fell, striking him across the shoulders and back of the head. Employee #1 was killed. A gust of wind may have caused the fir to fall.

Keywords: HEAD, HIGH WIND, SAWYER, SHOULDER, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107026429			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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