Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14547939 - STRUCK IN HEAD BY FLYING LOG END

Accident Summary Nr: 14547939 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 09/09/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15269921	09/10/1985	2411	0	Long Island Development Corporation

Abstract: ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY THE END OF A SMALL LOG. THE SMALL LOG WAS 39 FEET, 10 INCHES LONG AND 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER AT THE TOP. IT WAS LYING 10 FEET IN FRONT OF A LARGE TREE TO BE FELLED. A HIGH SPOT WAS HOLDING THE BUTT END OF THE LOG ABOUT 5 FEET OFF THE GROUND. WHEN THE LARGE TREE (44 INCHES IN DIAMETER AT THE STUMP AND ABOUT 180 FEET TALL) WAS FELLED IT STRUCK THE RAISED BUTT END OF THE LOG, FLIPPING IT UP AND SPINNING IT 90 DEGREES. IT FELL BACK ONTO THE STUMP OF THE LARGE TREE, WHICH HAD JUST BEEN FELLED. THE TOP OF THE LOG BROKE OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ABOUT 16 FEET BEHIND THE STUMP WHEN HE WAS STRUCK.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, LOG, TREE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15269921			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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