Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 903914 - EMPLOYEE FATALLY STRUCK IN HEAD BY TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 903914 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 03/31/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108642315	04/03/1990	1795	0	John Vanek Excavating

Abstract: An employee was clearing a vacant lot of second growth trees with a 1968 Caterpillar (Model No. 955). He was fatally struck in the head by a falling tree or by a limb that sprung back.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE LIMB, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, TREE, LOADER, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108642315			Fatality	Concussion	Excavating and loading machine operators

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