Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201520731 - Employee killed when crushed between tree sections

Accident Summary Nr: 201520731 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 02/08/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123304545	02/08/2000	0783	0	Hutchinson Tree Care Specialist, Inc.

Abstract: At Approximately 1:00 p.m. on February 8, 2000, Employee #1 and a coworker were limbing and bucking a tree with two trunk sections which was felled onto a sloping ground. The co-worker was cutting on one trunk section and Employee #1, who was in between the two trunk sections, was making a cut on the opposite trunk. The trunk section cut by the co-worker shifted and rolled and pinned Employee #1 between the two trunk sections killing him.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, PIN, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, TREE, TREE SECTION, SLOPING, SLOPE, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123304545			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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