Inspection Detail

Inspection: 108221045 - John Barcroft Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Or-E-Salem 1054100

Investigation Summary

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on July 4, 1990, Employee #1 had just finished felling two small cedar trees, clearing the escape route for a larger fir tree that a coworker was preparing to fell. Employee #1 was standing approximately 12 ft behind and uphill from the fir tree. As the tree started to fall, the coworker turned to get away and saw Employee #1 rolling down the hill. Employee #1 had been watching the coworker when he was struck on the head by a falling maple snag that was located 30 ft uphill and behind the fir tree. He was killed instantly. The snag did not have a heavy lean, nor had it been brushed by any other trees prior to falling.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING