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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 83825.015 - Logger Is Killed When Struck By Tree

**Accident: 83825.015 -- Report ID: 0454715 -- Event Date: 03/17/2016**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1133692.015	03/18/2016		Kerry Dale Carroll

At 9:30 a.m. on March 17, 2016, Employee #1, was using a cable skidder to move l ogs that had been cut to an area where Employee #2 could reach them with a grapp le skidder. Employee #1 cut a tree that became lodged against another tree. As Employee #1 attempted to cut the second tree, the first tree struck and killed E mployee #1 as both trees fell.

Keywords: chain saw, falling object, logger, struck by, tree felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1133692.015	25	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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