Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14232441 - THE TOP OF A DEAD TREE FELL ON AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE

Accident Summary Nr: 14232441 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 07/30/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100781558	08/06/1991	2411	0	Tall Timber, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was cutting a scarlet oak. He was standing beneath and had his back to a dead scarlet oak. A 3-meter-long section of the dead tree broke and fell onto the employee, killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, CRUSHED, TREE, LOGGER, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100781558			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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