Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 953786 - Employee killed by dislodged tree

Accident Summary Nr: 953786 -- Report ID: 0355119 -- Event Date: 11/13/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105766315	11/14/1991	2411	0	Pulliam Logging

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on November 13, 1991, Employee #1 was cutting trees. He had cut an 8 in. diameter by 50 ft tall white oak that became lodged in the branches of a 50 ft tall beech tree. Employee #1 did not have the lodged tree pulled down by a skidder, which was operating approximately 100 yards away. Instead, Employee #1 relocated himself approximately 30 ft from the lodged oak and cut a 32 in. diameter by approximately 90 ft tall beech tree. As the beech fell, the oak dislodged and fell and struck Employee #1. He was killed.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, LODGED TREE, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105766315			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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