Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111969341 - Tim Weston Falling

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Inspection Nr: 111969341

Report ID: 0950623

Date Opened: 12/08/1995

Site Address:
Tim Weston Falling
Butt Valley Reservoir
Chester, CA 96020

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2160, Floornoy, CA 96029

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/08/1995

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/09/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361666183

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$345	$0	$345
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$345	$0	$345
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	3203 A	04/03/1996	05/03/1996	$85	$85	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	6275 E	04/03/1996	12/08/1995	$260	$260	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170361216

Event: 10/11/1995

Employee fractures vertebrae when struck by falling tree

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on October 11, 1995, Employee #1 and other workers were felling timber. Employee #1 had felled an 18 to 20 in. cedar tree that became lodged in the tops of two other cedar trees. Employee #1 believed the lodged tree was secure and continued to cut another tree just below the lodged tree. As he began to measure the second tree for bucking, he looked up just before the first tree dislodged and fell onto him. Employee #1 sustained three fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized. Employee #1 had considered flagging the tree and asking for help, but did not. Nor did he move away from the danger zone, which he should have done. Employee #1's employer had been contracted to fell timber for another logger while working on PG & E property.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LODGED TREE, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING, VERTEBRA

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111969341			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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