Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170614531 - Employee injured when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170614531 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/01/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125668376	08/05/1997	2411	0	Grigsby Logging & Lumber Inc

Abstract: On August 1, 1997, Employee #1, the only faller for a small logging operation, had just finished the back cut on a tree when he was stung on the head, chest, and leg by a swarm of hornets. In a panic, he began to run. He then heard a swishing of limbs and realized that the tree he had been cutting was falling toward him. Employee #1 dove to the right, next to the top of a downed tree, but the falling tree landed across his buttocks. He sustained eight fractures to the pelvic area. Employee #1 said that while he was running he had not considered that the tree might fall.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, BEE STING, BUTTOCKS, FELLER-BUNCHER, TREE, PELVIS, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125668376			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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