Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170252738 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170252738 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 07/05/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111530416	07/05/1991	2411	0	Maynard Edwards Thinning

Abstract: Employee #1 was cutting trees for a right-of-way. He had been working for less than an hour when he hung up one tree into another and tried to wedge it over. He then moved approximately 96 ft in front of the lodged tree and felled another tree. While bucking off the butt of the felled tree, Employee #1 was struck by the tree that had been caught in it. He was killed. The lodged tree had a butt diameter of 10 in.; the part that killed Employee #1 was 8 in. in diameter.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LODGED TREE, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111530416			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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