Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202568523 - Logger Is Killed by Falling Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 202568523 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 04/07/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313740417	04/08/2010	2411	113310	Wallace Cotton

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on April 7, 2010, a logging crew was cutting timber on a property off Hwy 85 in Ohio County, Kentucky. Employee #1 and Employee #2, two loggers, were working together. Employee #1 was cutting trees with a chainsaw, and Employee #2 was operating a skidder. As Employee #2 took a load of timber to the landing, Employee #1 was cutting down a gum tree. The gum tree fell into a leaning tree, which caused the gum tree to kick back and strike the logger. Employee #1 died at the site from blunt force injuries.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, CRUSHED, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313740417			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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