Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200220036 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 200220036 -- Report ID: 0316300 -- Event Date: 11/06/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116432469	11/14/1996	2411	0	Timber Trail Logging Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was the vice president of a company that had recently secured a small government logging contract to fell timber from a section of federal forest land. He was cutting an approximately 31 ft tall snag tree that had become wedged beneath a 75 ft tall maple that had recently been partially felled. Employee #1 was sawing the snag when it broke prematurely and the maple tree fell. He ran in the same direction as the falling maple, and its top branches crushed his upper torso. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: TREE LIMB, WORK RULES, TORSO, LODGED TREE, CRUSHED, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116432469			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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