Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170723712 - Employee injured when struck by snag while felling trees

Accident Summary Nr: 170723712 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/27/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119756732	09/07/1993	2411	0	Tom Reed Construction Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was struck by a snag. He said that he had felled a yellow pine tree approximately 30 inches in diameter. This tree brushed a snag downhill from the stump. The snag was approximately 35 to 40 feet tall and it also leaned downhill. A limb on the falling pine tree went behind the snag and pushed it uphill toward Employee #1. He started to step behind another tree when he saw the snag coming at him. Employee #1 said that he was beginning to remove his leg from the snag's path when it struck him.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, LODGED TREE, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119756732			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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