Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170761985 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170761985 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 12/05/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125400820	12/08/1997	1629	0	Poindexter Excavating Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, another laborer, a bulldozer operator, and a backhoe operator were clearing 18 acres of land at a construction site. It was Employee #1's first day at site clearing and the dozer operator instructed him to cut up a felled tree. As Employee #1 moved closer to the tree, he went out of the line of sight of the backhoe operator, who was pushing over another tree with his bucket. The tree fell and struck Employee #1, who was approximately 74 ft away from the backhoe. He was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat and the employer had no established program or procedures for site clearing.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INEXPERIENCE, TREE, UNTRAINED, COMMUNICATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125400820			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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