OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443352
HEAD,TREE FELLING,TREE,LOGGER,NECK,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,LOGGING,WINCH,DRAGLINE
Event description
LOGGER STRUCK IN HEAD AND KILLED BY TREE BEING WINCHED
Investigation abstract
THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT A LOGGING JOB SITE WHERE FELLERS AND TOPPERS WERE FEL LING TREES FOR THE SKIDDER TO MOVE TO THE LOG DECK. THE SKIDDER OPERATOR WAS WIN CHING UP A DRAG WHEN A PULPWOOD SIZE TREE IN THE DRAG HUNG UP ON A STUMP AND BEC AME AIRBORNE BEFORE THE OPERATOR COULD CUT POWER FROM THE WINCH CABLE. THE TREE THEN SWUNG IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTION. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO MAKE AN UNDERCUT ON THE NEXT TREE TO BE FELLED, THE SWINGING TREE STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND NECK. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SITE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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