Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170079008 - Employee buried and killed by tree stump

Accident Summary Nr: 170079008 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 09/05/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111580262	09/05/1990	2411	0	Weyerhaeuser Timber Co

Abstract: Employee #1, a hook tender, was engaged in his normal logging procedures and had cabled a stump to be used as a tail hold. He was 10 ft behind and above on a hillside watching the anchor to make sure it was going to hold the load, when the stump pulled loose and uprooted. Either the earth beneath the hook tender's feet collapsed or the stump's long root caused the employee to fall into the stump's original place. The stump then came back into the hole and buried the employee. He died.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, COLLAPSE, FALL, UNSTABLE SOIL, BURIED, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111580262			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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