Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14443352 - LOGGER STRUCK IN HEAD AND KILLED BY TREE BEING WINCHED

Accident Summary Nr: 14443352 -- Report ID: 0355117 -- Event Date: 01/08/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15218928	03/17/1987	2411	0	Brady Jones, Jr. Logging

Abstract: THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT A LOGGING JOB SITE WHERE FELLERS AND TOPPERS WERE FELLING TREES FOR THE SKIDDER TO MOVE TO THE LOG DECK. THE SKIDDER OPERATOR WAS WINCHING UP A DRAG WHEN A PULPWOOD SIZE TREE IN THE DRAG HUNG UP ON A STUMP AND BECAME 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.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, TREE, LOGGER, NECK, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, LOGGING, WINCH, DRAGLINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15218928			Fatality	Amputation	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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