Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 95072.015 - Employee is struck and killed by a tree

Accident Summary Nr: 95072.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/25/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1228086.015	04/26/2017		113310	Anderson Logging

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on April 25, 2017, an employee standing next to a log that was being removed (choked) from a logging corridor. The Yarder cables that were being used to pull the felled tree up the hill were pulled to the side of the logging corridor due to the load and the position of the felled tree. The operator put tension on the cables causing them to come into contact with the top of 5 trees subsequently knocking 3 of them over and fatally striking the employee standing below. The employee was fatally struck by a tree 150 feet tall and approximately 12 inches in diameter.

Keywords: Logging, Struck By, Tree

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1228086.015	22	M	Fatality		Forestry workers, except logging

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