Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 694638 - Construction Employee Killed When Tree Fell On Him

Accident Summary Nr: 694638 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 12/17/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105705370	12/21/1987	1794	0	Clark'S Excavating Co. Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS SON WERE WORKING APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM AN OAK TREE WHICH WAS BEING PREPARED FOR REMOVAL. A THIRD EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CAT BULLDOZER TO LOOSEN THE TREE BY DIGGING AROUND ITS BASE. AS THE BULLDOZER OPERATOR MOVED HIS MACHINE INTO POSITION TO PUSH OVER THE TREE, HE WARNED THE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES TO "GET CLEAR." A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND BROKE THE TREE LOOSE FROM THE GROUND. IT FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO COMPLETELY CLEAR THE AREA BEFORE THE TREE FELL.

Keywords: high wind, tree felling, construction, tree, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105705370			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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