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Accident Summary Nr: 148802.015 - Employee is struck and killed by large old growth tree

Accident Summary Nr: 148802.015 -- Report ID: 1032700 -- Event Date: 08/10/2022
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1614603.01508/11/2022115310U. S. Forest Service

Abstract: At 12:40 p.m. on August 10, 2022, an employee was working as a member of a Type 2 Initial Attack Hot Shot wildland firefighting crew, digging a hand line to prevent the additional spread of a wildfire when a large 150-foot old growth tree fell and struck another tree. The second tree fell on a third tree and the third tree then struck the employee. The employee suffered internal bleeding and a head injury and died.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Falling Object, Fire, Fire Brigade/Department, Fire Fighter, Head, Internal Bleeding, Internal Injuries, Struck By, Tree

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1614603.015 27 M Fatality Firefighting occupations

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