Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 875062 - STRUCK BY FALLING TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 875062 -- Report ID: 0932030 -- Event Date: 08/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110563194	08/20/1991	9199	0	Western Area Power Administration

Abstract: An employee was cutting trees to prevent their coming in contact with an overhead power line. The employee did not back cut the tree to prevent splitting and to control the direction of its fall. When the cutting was one third complete, the tree, a 20-inch diameter cottonwood, split, swung out, and struck the employee. The tree continued to split rapidly, breaking from its stump and falling on the employee. He sustained several broken bones and internal injuries from the falling tree and died as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110563194			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Forestry workers, except logging

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