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Accident: 19995.015 - Employee Is Crushed And Killed By Falling Tree

**Accident: 19995.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 06/20/2012**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
480038.015	06/21/2012		Long Cove Development, Inc.

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on June 20, 2012, an employee was cutting down a 50 t o 60 foot tall dead tree with a chain saw. He made a cut on front east side wit h the chain saw and started to cut west back side, when the employee heard tree crack. The employee ran east. As the tree split, it fell east on top of the emp loyee. The employee was crushed and killed.

Keywords: chain saw, struck by, tree, tree felling

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	480038.015	31	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Landscaping FatCause:

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