Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200632230 - Employee Felling Tree Is Struck and Killed by Limb

Accident Summary Nr: 200632230 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 08/16/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313376345	08/17/2010	2411	113310	Self Service, Inc. Dba A&H Logging

Abstract: An employee was felling a tree manually with a chain saw. He was not wearing a hard hat, face protection, or leg protection. He was struck on the head by a limb from a nearby tree, and he was killed. A coworker not far away saw the employee cutting the tree and the nearby tree falling to the ground, but he did not see the employee get struck by an overhead limb.

Keywords: HEAD, HARD HAT, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, PPE, CHAIN SAW, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313376345			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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