Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 41339.015 - Employee is struck by falling and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 41339.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 02/21/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
891556.015	02/21/2013		113310	Best Logging

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on February 21, 2013, Employee #1 was using a Stihl MS660 chainsaw with a 24-in. bar. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat, leg, foot, eye or face protection. He felled a 70 foot tall white oak tree, 22-in. in diameter, which became lodged in the top of surrounding trees. Approximately 8 feet away, he then felled an 81 foot by 25.5-in. diameter red oak tree. As the red oak fell he retreated but was struck by the white oak tree that he felled earlier that was stuck. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Chain Saw, Crushed, Falling Object, Hard Hat, PPE, Struck By, Tree Felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	891556.015	44	M	Fatality		Chainsaw Operator

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