Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 79097.015 - Logger is killed when hit by tree branch.

Accident Summary Nr: 79097.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 08/21/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1087670.015	08/21/2015		113310	Jonathan Swarey

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on August 21, 2015, an employee was felling a tree when a tree branch from a nearby tree went around the tree being felled, broke off a branch from the second tree which fell and struck the employee. The employee's upper body was struck by the falling tree branch. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Falling Object, Logging, Struck By, Tree Felling, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1087670.015	20	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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