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Accident Summary Nr: 14512644 - LOGGER KILLED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 14512644 -- Report ID: 0523310 -- Event Date: 02/25/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101669117	02/27/1987	2411	0	Olsen Logging

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING TREES WITH A CHAIN SAW. TREE #1, WHICH THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST CUT, FELL AND UPROOTED ANOTHER TREE 25 FEET AWAY. TREE #2 (THE TREE WHICH HAD JUST BEEN UPROOTED) PROCEEDED TO FALL AND UPROOT TREE #3, WHICH FELL BACKWARDS TOWARD TREE #1. EMPLOYEE # 1 TRIED TO RUN BUT WAS HIT ON THE HEAD BY THE FALLING TREE #3. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES THAT SAW THE EMPLOYEE BEING STRUCK BY THE TREE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SAW A TREE FALL, BUT NOT THE ACTUAL ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT WEARING A HARD HAT AND DIED FROM MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES AND A BROKEN NECK.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, PPE, WORK RULES, LOGGER, NECK, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101669117			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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