Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200450070 - Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 200450070 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 12/04/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300326980	12/04/1996	2411	0	Tombigbee Timber Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, a top-off man on a logging operation, was working less than two tree lengths from an approximately 20 ft tall oak tree with a bottom diameter of 6 in. The oak tree was dead, but it had not been marked or removed. A skidder operator was pulling some logs that had been previously cut when one of them struck the dead oak, causing it to fall on Employee # 1. He sustained severe head injuries and died approximately 11 hours later.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300326980			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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