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Accident: 14215578 - Tree Feller Struck And Killed By Falling Tree

Accident: 14215578 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 11/26/1986
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10543062312/03/19862411Stevens Logging Company
EMPLOYEE #1 AND OTHER TREE FELLERS WERE CUTTING DOWN SOME TREES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FELLING A 45 FOOT PINE, 15 INCHES IN DIAMETER. HE FAILED TO MAKE A BACK CUT OR UNDERCUT, SO THAT WHEN THE TREE FELL, IT STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST AND KILLED HIM. HE WAS STANDING ONLY 3 FEET AWAY FROM THE TREE.
Keywords: chest, tree felling, work rules, tree, struck by, logging, untrained
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 105430623 Fatality Other Timber cutting and logging occupations

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