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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 720094 - Union Drilling Co.
Inspection Information - Office: Charleston Area Office
Site Address:
Union Drilling Co.
1 1/2 Miles S. Of Bridgeport On Bushy Fork Rd.
Bridgeport, WV 26330
Mailing Address:
Drawer #40, Buckhannon, WV 26201
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:1799
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 12/29/1986
Planning Guide: Safety-Construction
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 01/28/1988
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 360530901 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $640 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $640 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001A | Other | 19260020 B01 | 02/23/1987 | 03/23/1987 | $0 | $640 | $0 | 03/18/1987 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 2. | 01001B | Other | 19260021 B02 | 02/23/1987 | 03/23/1987 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 03/18/1987 | F - Formal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
Employee #1, the acting field supervisor, stopped by a site to assess his crew's progress in a tree cutting operation. The site was being prepared for a new gas/oil well for a petroleum development corporation. Employee #1 instructed two coworkers to move a previously felled tree and then walked away from them, down a small hill. He entered into the blind side of a sawyer who was felling a 90 ft tall, 33 in. diameter oak tree. Before notching and cutting the tree, the saw operator looked behind him and accounted for the people on site, including Employee #1. He then notched and cut the large tree from right to left. He lacked about 6 in. of cut when the tree snapped and started falling to his left and slightly uphill. The sawyer immediately pulled his saw to keep it from becoming wedged between the tree and the tree stump and then backed away from the tree. He looked in the direction in which it was moving and saw Employee #1 running parallel to the path on which it was falling. The two coworkers who last spoke with Employee #1 went over the hill and found him lying under some large branches of the fallen tree. He had been wearing head protection, but it was either lost while running or knocked off by the branches. Employee #1 died as a result of severe head injuries.
Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TREE, STRUCK BY, COMMUNICATION, INATTENTION
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 720094 | Fatality | Concussion | Occupation not reported |