Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 511071 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 511071 -- Report ID: 0931600 -- Event Date: 10/16/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18084988	10/23/1986	2411	0	Neil Brewer Logging

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM ON OCTOBER 16, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN FELLING A TREE WITHIN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE'S CUTTING AREA. (EMPLOYEE #1 HAD ENTERED THE OTHER EMPLOYEE'S AREA WITHOUT INFORMING HIM THAT HE WAS THERE.) THE OTHER EMPLOYEE COULD NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1 FROM WHERE HE WAS STANDING. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE CUT A TREE WHICH FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18084988			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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