Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18063081 - Riendeau Lumbering

Inspection Information - Office: Augusta Area Office

Inspection Nr: 18063081

Report ID: 0111100

Date Opened: 08/15/1988

Site Address:
Riendeau Lumbering
Route 16
Copeland Plantation, ME 04982

Mailing Address:
Rfd #1, Box 1375, Phillips, ME 04966

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: No Insp/Out of Business

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/15/1988

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/17/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360167274

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14273114

Event: 07/20/1988

Employee killed when struck by tree that kicked back

A father had been training his 18-year-old son, Employee #1, to be a chopper and had had him under close supervision for about six weeks. The father had warned Employee #1 about trees falling into hung trees and the potential for a falling tree to kick back if it hit a hung tree. The father left the son for about 5 to 10 minutes to check a boundary and returned to find Employee #1 under a 14 in. diameter maple tree, dead of severe chest injuries. The father surmises that Employee #1 had used a wedge to prevent the maple tree from hitting a windblown hung tree but apparently either cut too much of the tree or the tree broke off at some point while being felled. The falling maple tree apparently struck the hung tree and the butt of the maple kicked back and struck Employee #1, driving him to the ground.

Keywords: CHEST, KICK BACK, TREE FELLING, LODGED TREE, CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18063081			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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