Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 76809.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Falling Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 76809.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 05/18/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1064087.015	05/19/2015		113310	Big Run Timber Company Llc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on May 18, 2015, an employee was cutting down a poplar tree and it caught the limbs of a hickory tree when it fell. The hickory tree bent towards the ground and snapped back up, uprooting the tree. The tree fell in the direction of the employee who had his back turned away. The employee was killed when struck in the head by the hickory tree.

Keywords: Crushing, Head, Logging, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1064087.015	24	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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