Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14559157 - STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 14559157 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 10/08/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102115102	10/10/1985	2421	0	Cody Lumber Co. Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 CUT A TREE WITHOUT USING THE PROPER NOTCHING PROCEDURE. THE TREE BECAME ENTANGLED IN AN ADJACENT TREE. HE THEN CUT SEVERAL OTHER TREES WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE THEN WENT TO FILL HIS CHAIN-SAW WITH GASOLINE. THE GASOLINE CAN WAS LOCATED DIRECTLY BENEATH THE HANGING TREE. WHEN HE PUT DOWN HIS SAW, THE HANGING TREE BEGAN TO FALL. THE TREE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ACROSS THE CHEST, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND AND KILLING HIM.

Keywords: TREE, STRUCK BY, ENTANGLED, LOGGING, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102115102			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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