Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111580262 - Weyerhaeuser Timber Co

Inspection Information - Office: Dosh Tumwater Service Location, Tumwater, Wa

Investigation Summary

Employee #1, a hook tender, was engaged in his normal logging procedures and had cabled a stump to be used as a tail hold. He was 10 ft behind and above on a hillside watching the anchor to make sure it was going to hold the load, when the stump pulled loose and uprooted. Either the earth beneath the hook tender's feet collapsed or the stump's long root caused the employee to fall into the stump's original place. The stump then came back into the hole and buried the employee. He died.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, COLLAPSE, FALL, UNSTABLE SOIL, BURIED, LOGGING