Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200373819 - Logger Dies after Being Crushed by Falling Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 200373819 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 11/23/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309054138	01/30/2006	2411	113310	H & H Logging Company

Abstract: On November 23, 2005, Employee #1 was working as a logger. He was topping downed trees at a decking area approximately 300 feet from where his supervisor was downing trees. Another logging company was moving the downed trees to the decking area to be limbed and topped. After the supervisor downed a 20 inch diameter white oak tree, the other company's owner came to him looking for Employee #1. Employee #1 was found, conscious, under the limbs and top of the downed white oak tree. Emergency medical services arrived and airlifted him to a hospital. He died in the hospital 19 days later.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, CRUSHED, LUMBER, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING, COMMUNICATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309054138			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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