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Inspection: 101020238 - C. A. Broomfield

Inspection Information - Office: Baton Rouge Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 101020238
Report ID: 0625700
Date Opened: 01/27/1987

Site Address:
C. A. Broomfield
Off State Hwy 146 Between Chatham &
Ruston, LA 71273

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/27/1987

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/30/1987

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 360135057
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 4 4
Current Violations 4 4
Initial Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Current Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
FTA Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Violation Items
# Citation ID Citaton Type Standard Cited Issuance Date Abatement Due Date Current Penalty Initial Penalty FTA Penalty Contest Latest Event Note
1. 01001 Other 19100151 B 03/02/1987 04/08/1987 $0 $0 $0 -  
2. 01002 Other 19100266 C01 IV 03/02/1987 03/11/1987 $0 $0 $0 -  
3. 01003 Other 19100266 C04 III 03/02/1987 03/11/1987 $0 $0 $0 -  
4. 01004 Other 19100266 D02 VII 03/02/1987 04/08/1987 $0 $0 $0 -  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14390942
Event: 01/20/1987
Employee killed when struck by falling tree

On January 20, 1987, Employee #1, a member of a pulpwood logging crew, was working off State Highway 146, near Ruston, LA, cutting trees with a power saw. A tree became lodged in the branches of a nearby gum tree that forked into two major sections at the base of the trunk. Employee #1 had moved away from the gum tree and begun to cut another tree when a major portion of the gum tree broke off at the trunk, striking and killing him. The gum tree was hollow and decayed inside; the weight of the lodged tree, which did not itself break off until after the accident, had caused it to split. It did not appear that the decayed condition of the gum's trunk, the major contributing factor to the accident, was visible from the outside of the tree.

Keywords: WORK RULES, LODGED TREE, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 101020238 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported
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