Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200264117 - Employee Involved in Tree Cutting Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 200264117 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 02/23/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315174128	02/23/2011	0851	115310	Rogers Logging Company Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was carrying a chain saw, walking towards a tree that had been felled by a cutting machine. Employee #1 was going to cut off the top of the tree and any limbs that remained. At the same time, the operator of the cutting machine cut a large pine tree which fell and struck the top of the tree, Employee #1 was working on. A portion of the top of the tree broke off from the impact and the broken piece became a projectile, which struck Employee #1.

Keywords: IMPALED, TREE, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315174128			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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