Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200540375 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 200540375 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 02/02/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300386679	02/04/1999	2411	0	George Williams Dba Williams Logging

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were engaged in a logging operation on a hillside that sloped between 20 and 26 degrees. A coworker backed his John Deere 540 skidder so that its rear was against a dead, 16 in. diameter oak tree. The operator then set the brakes, dismounted, and went to choke a fourth log. The skidder rolled backward down the hill and pushed over the dead oak tree, which struck Employee #1 as it fell. He was killed.

Keywords: CHOCK, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, STEEP GRADE, TREE, SKIDDER, STRUCK BY, UNMANNED, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300386679			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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