Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200630440 - Employee Killed When Struck By Falling Tree
Accident: 200630440 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 07/22/1999 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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116497314 | 07/23/1999 | 2411 | Whitt Logging, Incorporated | ||||
Employee #1 used a Husqvarna Lite chain saw with a 20 in. bar to fell a 75 ft tall by 28 1/2 in. diameter poplar. The tree had a 15 in. diameter rotten center and grapevines had become entangled in its upper limbs. These same vines were also tangled in a smaller, 4 1/2 in. diameter poplar situated 18 ft directly behind the tree being felled. As the larger poplar was falling, the grapevines pulled down the smaller poplar onto Employee #1. He sustained head injuries and was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
tree felling, work rules, tree, struck by, entangled, falling object, logging
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 116497314 | Fatality | Concussion | Timber cutting and logging occupations |