Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201762382 - Employee Is Struck and Killed by Falling Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 201762382 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 06/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308586825	06/01/2005	1629	238910	E.F.Tree Services

Abstract: On June 1, 2005, Employee #1 and his coworkers were clearing trees from alongside a road that was being widened. There were no flagmen on the road. The employees attached a line to the tree to pull the tree to one side when it fell, but when the tree was cut it fell toward the road. At the time, Employee #1 was operating the chainsaw when the tree started to fall, he ran into the road to stop oncoming traffic and the tree fell on him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CHAIN SAW, CLEANING, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308586825			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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