Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14495998 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK ON HEAD BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 14495998 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 10/11/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
680314	10/31/1984	2411	0	T & L Pulpwood Co

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, AGE 36, WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE ONE TREE BY CUTTING DOWN ANOTHER. AS HE WAS DOING THIS, THE LODGED TREE CAME FREE, FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND HE REMAINED CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ORDEAL. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND OPERATED ON, AND WAS THOUGHT TO BE DOING WELL. JUST BEFORE HE WAS DUE TO BE RELEASED, EMPLOYEE #1 SUDDENLY, AND UNEXPECTEDLY, DIED.

Keywords: HEAD, HARD HAT, TREE FELLING, LODGED TREE, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	680314			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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