Abstract: At approximately 10:20 a.m. on December 14, 1999, Employee #1 and the rigging slinger were watching logs being pulled to the landing area. Employee #1, the choker setter, was struck by the skyline. The tail-hold trees, approximately 300 ft behind the crew, failed. As the tail-hold trees fell, the skyline that was attached at the bottom of the two trees, moved towards the tree tops. The 1.25-in.-diameter by 3500-ft-long steel cable came off the trees with the end whipping towards Employee #1, striking him in the neck. After being struck, Employee #1 was thrown another 120 ft down the hill landing against a stump. Employee #1 died instantly.