Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 734665 - STRUCK ON TOP OF HEAD BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 734665 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/17/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3220126	04/22/1986	2411	0	Jeff Bartley Logging Co.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING ON A TREE STUMP SHARPENING A SAW. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, ABOUT 69 FEET AWAY, WAS FELLING A TREE. WHEN THE TREE FELL THE WIND CAUGHT IT AND BLEW IT IN THE DIRECTION OF EMPLOYEE #1. THERE WAS A BROKEN LIMB ON ON THE FALLING TREE. THE STUB OF THE BROKEN LIMB STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY. THE TREE WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 WAS 70 FEET LONG AND 9 INCHES IN DIAMETER AT THE BASE. THE LIMB STUB WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 WAS 3/4 INCH TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND SIX INCHES LONG. THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK WITHIN THE FALL RADIUS OF THE TREE BEING FELLED.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3220126			Fatality	Puncture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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