Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170032981 - Employee Dies Of Paralysis Caused By Falling Spruce Tree
Accident: 170032981 -- Report ID: 0111110 -- Event Date: 01/22/1992 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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123531063 | 09/22/1992 | 2411 | Edmond Roy & Sons Inc. | ||||
Employee #1 had just felled a spruce tree, but had not planned a safe retreat path. The felled tree hit a leaning spruce tree that then, in turn, struck in Employee #1. He was paralyzed from the neck down and died two days later from paralysis of the diaphragm. | |||||||
Keywords:
paralysis, tree felling, work rules, lodged tree, tree, struck by, logging
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 123531063 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported |