Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14568653 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 14568653 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 05/30/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15064488	05/31/1984	2411	0	Frank Lassen Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were felling trees. Employee #1, the senior cutter and company owner, instructed the coworker to fell a clump of small trees while he was doing some saw maintenance and filing his saw's chain. The second tree the coworker attempted to fell split and barber-chaired; it fell uncontrolled in the direction of Employee #1, striking and killing him. The causal factors contributing to the accident include Employee #1 was only approximately 70 ft away and thus within reach of the tree to be felled; Employee #1's attention was on his task rather than on the falling tree; the wind made it difficult to fell small timber in a controlled manner; and the cutter was inexperienced.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, INEXPERIENCE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15064488			Fatality	Other	Pharmacists

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