Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 565234 - EMPLOYEE IS STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 565234 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 07/14/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107711046	07/30/1992	2411	0	Jimmy G. Halsell Logging

Abstract: ON JULY 14, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE FELLING TREES. WHEN HE CUT A PINE TREE APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET LONG, THE TREE STRUCK TWO OTHER TREES, CAUSING IT TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET BEHIND AND 3 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE ANTICIPATED SPOT. THE TREE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND, AND FELL ON TOP OF HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF SUFFOCATION CAUSED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE TREE ACROSS HIS UPPER BODY. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, SUFFOCATED, PINNED, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107711046			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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