Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 909911 - Employee struck and killed by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 909911 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 07/17/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107846784	07/19/1990	2421	0	Sandhill Logging

Abstract: Employee #1 was cutting storm timber. All the trees in the area were estimated to be 90 ft tall. He was working on a tree that he had cut down and a coworker was cutting down a sweet gum tree 45 ft away. When Employee #1 walked to the area where his coworker's tree would fall, the sweet gum tree fell on him, striking him in the back with a 2 1/2 in. limb. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, BACK, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107846784			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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