Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200350247 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 200350247 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 02/17/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300265428	02/18/1997	2411	0	Crowder Logging Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were part of a logging crew harvesting timber that had been damaged by a storm. Many of the trees were already on the ground, and a skidder was being used to move them around so that Employee #1 could reach them with a chain saw to limb the tops. He was bent over a downed tree, facing the opposite direction, when another tree fell over and struck him on the back of the head. Employee #1 was killed. The tree that fell was rotten at the base, and it had two gouge marks made by the blade of the skidder.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, LIMBING, TREE, SKIDDER, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300265428			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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