Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202485728 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 202485728 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/24/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310417191	10/25/2007	2411	113310	Chris Peterson Logging

Abstract: At approximately 3:50 p.m. on October 24, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were felling trees. The coworker heard Employee #1 fell a tree and didn't hear anything else from him. The coworker then felled one last tree. As the coworker was walking back towards Employee #1 he heard him yelling. He found Employee #1 facing downhill on his back. It was determined that Employee #1 felled a tree up a hill in between a stand of approximately five trees through an opening approximately 12.5 ft. The fallen tree caught the canopy of the stand. One of the trees was dead and brittle and the weight of the fallen tree caused the top half of the dead tree to snap back toward Employee #1, crushing and killing him.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, TREE, TREE SECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310417191			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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