Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201101680 - Employee injured when struck in back by sliding tree

Accident Summary Nr: 201101680 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 07/05/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125725416	07/10/2000	2411	0	Bill Dietrich Timber Falling

Abstract: Employee #1, a timber feller for a small contract timber company, felled a small tree that landed on another tree near the end of its fall. The second tree rocked up on the felled tree and pitched it down the hill. Employee #1 began to run away at an angle when he was struck in the back by the tree as it slid down the hill. He sustained several fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a ruptured spleen.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, LUNG, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, LOGGING, SLOPE, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125725416			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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