Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 41339.015 - Employee Is Struck By Falling And Is Killed

**Accident: 41339.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 02/21/2013**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
891556.015	02/21/2013		Best Logging

At approximately 11:15 a.m. on February 21, 2013, Employee #1 was using a Stihl MS660 chainsaw with a 24-in. bar. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat, leg, foot, eye or face protection. He felled a 70 foot tall white oak tree, 22-in. i n diameter, which became lodged in the top of surrounding trees. Approximately 8 feet away, he then felled an 81 foot by 25.5-in. diameter red oak tree. As th e red oak fell he retreated but was struck by the white oak tree that he felled earlier that was stuck. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: chain saw, crushed, falling object, hard hat, ppe, struck by, tree felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	891556.015	44	M	Fatality		Chainsaw Operator

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA