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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 79541.015 - Employee Is Struck And Killed By Falling Tree

**Accident: 79541.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 09/14/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1091831.015	09/14/2015		American Design Builders Llc.

At 1:35 p.m. on September 14, 2015, Employee #1, working alone, made the backcut and hingecut on a 22-inch diameter, 45-foot tall willow tree with a gas-powered chainsaw. The employee then retreated 12.3 feet to 24.5 feet to the northwest a s the tree fell. The tree fell to the southeast, smashing into an adjacent tree that was standing 11.3 feet to the southeast of the stump. The trunk then kick ed back in the direction of the retreated employee and hit them in the chest, ki lling him.

Keywords: chain saw, chest, struck by, tree, tree felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1091831.015	46	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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