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Accident Summary Nr: 14496129 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 14496129 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 09/13/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
850198	10/02/1984	2411	0	J & J Jones Pulpwood Contractor

Abstract: ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1984, AT ABOUT 11 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 IS ASSUMED TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY A FALLING TREE. HE HAD RETURNED TO HIS FELLING AREA ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS FOUND BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD PREVIOUSLY LODGED A TREE, WHICH HE HAD LEFT FOR THE SKIDDER TO PUSH DOWN. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND WITH AN INJURED NECK, THERE WAS A FALLEN TREE NOT FAR FROM HIM. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS FALLEN TREE IS THE TREE THAT WAS LODGED, AND THAT IT FELL ON EMPLOYEE #1. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CARRIED BY CAR TO MEDICAL FACILITIES. HE DIED ON OCTOBER 1, 1984, IN THE HOSPITAL AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES. BEFORE HE DIED HE WAS PARALYSED AS A RESULT OF A BROKEN NECK AND HEAD INJURIES.

Keywords: HEAD, PARALYSIS, TREE FELLING, LODGED TREE, TREE, NECK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	850198			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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