Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201621083 - Employee Is Killed When Falling Tree Strikes Him

Accident Summary Nr: 201621083 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 08/30/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305313884	08/31/2002	2411	0	Mccarthy Brothers Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:45 p.m. on August 30, 2002, Employee #1 was operating a log loader as part of a tree thinning operation while his coworker was felling a tree. When the coworker made a back cut, the tree fell back on the saw, and the coworker asked Employee #1 for help. Both employees manually pushed on the tree but to no avail. The coworker then pushed the tree over with the log loader, not realizing that Employee #1 had started bucking and limbing a log behind him. Employee #1 tried to jump out of the way of the falling tree, but was struck and killed.

Keywords: LOG LOADER, TREE FELLING, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305313884			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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