Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 695635 - Employee killed when struck by tree

Accident Summary Nr: 695635 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 10/28/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121978407	11/29/1995	1629	0	Robert Burns

Abstract: A three-man crew was clearing a lot for a new home. The owner/bulldozer operator was moving brush piles and pushing over trees to be cut up by Employees #1 and #2 with chain saws. The owner/operator alleges that he lost control of a tree being pushed over and it slipped off the blade of the dozer, striking Employee #1 on the head and killing him.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, TREE, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, FALLING OBJECT, LOST CONTROL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	121978407			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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