Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201620176 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN HEAD WHILE FELLING TREES

Accident Summary Nr: 201620176 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 04/08/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301227476	04/09/1998	2411	0	Bmr Cutting Contractor Inc

Abstract: Approximately 9:30 a.m. on April 8, 1998, Employee #1, working for BMR Inc., was falling timber on BLM land South East of Grants Pass, Oregon in the Greens Creek drainage. He was engaged in falling and bucking timber that was located on a hill side with an approximately 55 to 60 degree slope. He was struck by an object while moving away from a Douglas-fir tree approximately 32 inches in diameter on the stump he had just fell. Employee #1 received a fractured skull and other injuries to the neck and upper torso and died. He was discovered by the owner, who attempted CPR.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TREE FELLING, CRUSHED, TREE, LOGGER, NECK, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301227476			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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