Inspection Detail

Inspection: 116432469 - Timber Trail Logging Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Norfolk Area Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 was the vice president of a company that had recently secured a small government logging contract to fell timber from a section of federal forest land. He was cutting an approximately 31 ft tall snag tree that had become wedged beneath a 75 ft tall maple that had recently been partially felled. Employee #1 was sawing the snag when it broke prematurely and the maple tree fell. He ran in the same direction as the falling maple, and its top branches crushed his upper torso. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: TREE LIMB, WORK RULES, TORSO, LODGED TREE, CRUSHED, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING