Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200900942 - Employee killed when hit by felled tree

Accident Summary Nr: 200900942 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 08/09/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303769111	08/17/2001	2411	0	Boyd Timber, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on August 9, 2001, an employee was felling hardwood and pine trees with a chain saw during a logging operation. A 50-foot-high hardwood tree was entangled with vines from an adjacent tree. When the employee completed the cut on the tree to be felled, the second tree was pulled down, snapping its trunk. The broken section of tree struck the employee in the head and upper torso. The employee was crushed due to the weight of the tree, and died on-site from multiple internal injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, CRUSHED, TREE, LOGGER, TREE SECTION, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303769111			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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