Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14225643 - STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 14225643 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 06/26/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112408349	06/26/1992	0783	0	Gasline Services Inc.

Abstract: An employee was cutting down the main trunk of a previously topped tree. The trunk stood about 5.5 meters high and had two main lateral limbs located about 2.4 meters above the ground. The employee made a cut about 1.7 meters above the ground on the north side of the tree and then cut the south side of the tree at the same height. As the tree started to fall, the employee turned to walk toward the south, away from the tree. The falling tree knocked him to the ground and against some previously cut tree stumps. The employee sustained chest and lung injuries for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CHEST, LUNG, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112408349			Hospitalized injury	Other	Forestry workers, except logging

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