Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 761361 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 761361 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 05/24/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18483313	05/29/1989	2411	0	Cameron Mcpeak Timber Cutting

Abstract: Employee #1, a timber cutter for Cameron McPeak Timber Cutting Company was limbing previously felled trees. A poplar tree that was 17 inches in diameter was cut by another employee. The tree set down on its stump instead of falling after it had been cut. The other employee warned Employee #1, who was 70 feet downhill limbing previously felled trees, to be careful of the tree he had just cut. The tree fell and struck Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained a fractured skull and was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, SKULL, TREE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18483313			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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