Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201392735 - Employee Suffers Body Fractures When Struck by Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 201392735 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 11/09/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315408104	11/09/2012	2411	113310	Precision Forestry Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on November 9, 2012, Employee #1 and a coworker were performing logging operations. The coworker was felling the trees and the employee was assisting with cutting the tree limbs. Employee #1 was approximately 47-ft away when the coworker cut a tree that was approximately 90-ft tall. The tree fell the wrong way striking the employee. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: LIMBING, TREE, FALL, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315408104			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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