Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201102282 - Employee killed when struck by tree trunk

Accident Summary Nr: 201102282 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 09/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125843797	10/01/2001	0811	0	Dan Perkins Logging

Abstract: On September 19, 2001, Employee #1, a timber faller, was cutting a 4-foot in diameter sugar pine. Employee #1 was on the north side of the hillside and the trees were dense. Employee #1 felled the tree at a 45 degree angle to the slope of the hill and in the direction of the sun. The sugar pine struck a cedar tree, bending it back. When the cedar tree was freed, it whipped back and broke, 25 feet up from its base and fell in the direction of Employee #1 and the stump of the sugar pine. The cedar landed next to the sugar pine heading in the opposite direction, up hill. It is assumed that Employee #1 did not see the cedar tree coming back at him because of the sun in his eyes, or that he did see it but could not escape fast enough. The cedar tree struck a fatal blow to Employee #1's upper body. There were no witnesses.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, TORSO, TREE, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125843797			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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