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Accident Summary Nr: 27115.015 - Employee was killed when his face and head were struck by a

Accident Summary Nr: 27115.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 08/27/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
610098.015	08/28/2012		113310	Finke Logging Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on August 27, 2012, Employees #1 and #2, Coworkers and Sawyers, were working side by side "felling trees" at least two-tree lengths apart. The corridor narrowed to within one-tree length, they recognized their distance was too close, but still opted to continue cutting until the shift ended. While Employee #2 attempted to cut an irregular shaped Fir tree, 12 inches in diameter, and 97 feet tall, the tree spun off its stump and fell laterally across the hill toward Employee #1. Employee #1 was sawing a tree (almost 67 feet away) and was unaware of and unable to hear Employee #2, as he yelled to warn him of the falling tree. Employee #1 was struck by the tree and sustained blunt force trauma (swelling) in his face and on the side of his head. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Chain Saw, Falling Object, Logging, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	610098.015	52	M	Fatality		Sawing machine operators

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