Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170697783 - Employee #1 hospitalized when struck by small tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170697783 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 10/24/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111907150	10/30/1991	2411	0	Northwest Skyline Logging

Abstract: Employee #1, of Northwest Skyline Logging, was bucking trees (cutting felled trees to length) so they could be transported to sawmills as logs. A coworker was felling trees near Employee #1. According to Employee #1, he and the coworker made eye contact, then he moved closer to the coworker and began bucking a felled tree. The small fir or pine tree the coworker was felling did not fall in its intended direction. It fell and struck Employee #1, who was hospitalized. Employee #1 was working too close to a tree felling operation.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111907150			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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