Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200900074 - Employee killed when struck by tree falling from loader

Accident Summary Nr: 200900074 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 07/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122239213	07/29/1996	2411	0	A. W. Herndon Land And Timber Development, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:25 p.m. on July 26, 1996, a logging crew was working on a hardwood timber tract harvesting oak, cherry, hickory, and gum. Once limbed, a knuckle boom log loader would place the trees on one of two trailers that were sitting approximately 40 in. apart at the ramp. Employee #1 was driving a Mack truck with one of the attached log trailers. His load was nearly complete when a 43 ft long limbed gum tree fell between the two parked trailers. The tree struck Employee #1, who was crushed and killed.

Keywords: LOADING, LOG LOADER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TREE, LOG TRUCK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122239213			Fatality	Asphyxia	Truck drivers, heavy

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