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Accident Summary Nr: 564534 - EMPLOYEE DIES AFTER BEING STRUCK BY FLYING SECTION OF TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 564534 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 12/19/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107572588	01/17/1992	2411	0	Kenneth Watt Logging Co.

Abstract: ON DECEMBER 19, 1991, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SAWING LOGS IN A WOODED AREA. A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORD TRACTOR LOG SKIDDER. ON A TRIP FROM THE WOODS WITH A LOG, THE SKIDDER GOT STUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 CUT A GREEN PINE TREE OF PULPWOOD SIZE AND PLACED IT ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF BOTH REAR TIRES OF THE TRACTOR-SKIDDER FOR TRACTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACTOR AND PARALLEL TO THE DRIVER. AS THE REAR WHEELS GOT TRACTION ON THE TREE, APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET OF THE TREE BROKE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE TEMPLE, RESULTING IN HIS DEATH ON DECEMBER 30, 1991.

Keywords: HEAD, LOG, TREE, SKIDDER, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107572588			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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