Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 893289 - STRUCK BY FALLING TREE LIMB

Accident Summary Nr: 893289 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 07/09/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112380480	07/10/1991	0783	0	B & W Excavating & Land Clearing Company

Abstract: Some employees were trimming trees. An employee in an aerial lift cut the first portion of a limb that was 7.6 meters above the ground and let it drop. An employee on the ground then walked over near a chipping machine that was about 4.6 to 6.1 meters away from the tree being trimmed. When the employee in the bucket cut the second portion of the limb, it swung around and struck the employee on the ground on the back of the head, knocking the front of his head into the side of the chipping machine. The employee suffered a fractured skull and died of his injuries on July 11, 1991, 2 days after the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TREE LIMB, WORK RULES, SKULL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112380480			Fatality	Fracture	Forestry workers, except logging

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