Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 693267 - Employee killed when struck by felled tree

Accident Summary Nr: 693267 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 09/19/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125441204	09/22/1994	2411	0	William F. Tyree (Logging)

Abstract: Employee #1 was contracted to cut trees for William F. Tyree. He cut one tree, which fell into a smaller tree nearby and lodged. A coworker went to retrieve a skidder to pull the lodged tree to the ground. While waiting for the skidder to return, Employee #1 sat on a log, downhill from the lodged tree. The lodged tree suddenly fell, hitting the employee in the back and knocking him to the ground. Employee #1 died of internal hemorrhaging shortly thereafter.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, HEMORRHAGE, LODGED TREE, BACK, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125441204			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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