Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14446215 - TREE BROKE OFF & FELL ON EMPLOYEE

Accident Summary Nr: 14446215 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/16/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14973499	04/19/1984	2411	0	Bobby Herring Logging

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING A HARDWOOD (GUM) TREE WITH A SKIL CHAIN SAW. AS THE TREE WAS FALLING, IT STRUCK AN OAK TREE WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AWAY. THE OAK TREE BROKE OFF ABOUT 5 FEET FROM THE GROUND, FELL, AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, FRACTURING HIS SKULL.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TREE FELLING, SKULL, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14973499			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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