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11580 LITTLE LAKE ROAD, ELY, MN 55731
Standard 19100266 D01 VI
Initial $625
Standard 19100266 D01 V
Initial $625
Standard 19100266 D01 IV
Initial $875
Standard 182065308
Initial $250
Standard 19100266 H02 VI
Initial $25,000
Standard 19100266 I10 I
Employee Dies from Falling Tree
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on May 16, 2013, an accident occurred while Employee #1 was manually felling trees throughout the campground. Employee #1 had perfor med a cut on the east side of a tree with the intent of the tree to fall west in to the wooded area. During the back cut, Employee #1 recognized the tree was not going to fall into the woods, but rather fall northeast. Employee #1 stopped hi s cut to remove a road sign from the ground in the area where the tree started t o lean. After removing the road sign, the victim continued the back cut. A cowor ker, who was located in the north direction up the road to watch for vehicle tra ffic was instructed by Employee #1 to move a greater distance up the road, away from the felling tree. The coworker said the tree began to fall northeast and th en twisted toward the south. When Employee #1 completed his cut, he began to fol low the retreat path to the southeast direction from the tree. As Employee #1 wa s trying to run up the incline, he fell to the ground and began to crawl when th e tree landed on his back. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries as a result of b eing struck by the tree.
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