Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 162487.015 - Employee is killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 162487.015 -- Report ID: 0936100 -- Event Date: 09/04/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1696423.015	09/08/2023		721211	Kenneth Lunsford

Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on September 4, 2023, an employee was watching a private tree feller and assisting the tree feller with packing jacks. The tree feller was using jacks to fell a seven-foot-wide, 200-foot-tall redwood tree uphill. The tree jack slipped out of the tree, and the tree began to fall. The tree feller ran to safety, and the employee ran to the tree to get the jack. The employee was struck by the falling tree and was killed.

Keywords: Falling Object, Jack, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1696423.015	25	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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