Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170380083 - Logger struck and killed by uprooted tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170380083 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 06/10/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119734127	06/10/1994	2411	0	Hastings Timber Falling Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was felling timber with a chain saw on a 200 acre parcel on a forested hillside with an approximate slope of 45 degrees. He had been employed by his current employer for two years and had 15 years experience. Eight feet from the tree he was cutting was a 35 to 40 ft tall, 8 in. diameter, tree that had rotten roots. The tree uprooted and struck Employee #1, who died from crushing injuries to the chest and body.

Keywords: CHEST, TREE FELLING, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119734127			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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