Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202079943 - Worker Felling Trees Struck by Falling Branch and Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 202079943 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 12/30/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312956105	12/31/2008	2411	113310	Harold Chapman And Garland Chapman Dba Chapman Bro

Abstract: Employee was manually felling trees on graded terrain. A tree's crown overlapped with a neighboring tree. As the employee retreated after making his cuts to one tree, he was struck by a falling branch approximately 24 feet in length from the neighboring tree. Employee was found unresponsive by a skidder operator. Neither a hard hat or protective leg chaps were worn by the timber feller. The feller died from the injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HARD HAT, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, WORK RULES, TORSO, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312956105			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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