Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111904686 - Jesse Mccoshum Timber Falling

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 was cutting timber in a recently burned-over forest. He felled a tree, and as it was falling moved he back from the truck at least 10 to 12 feet. The employee started to refuel his saw, but then decided to limb the tree first. He walked over to the downed tree, set his tape into the end, and had started limbing down the tree when he was struck in the back by something. The employee could not get up and blew his whistle for help. He was transported by helicopter to the hospital and was treated for a fractured vertebra. Employee #1 was the only witness to this accident and he is not sure if he was hit by a tree top, a limb, or a sapling. No violations were cited or observed during a subsequent inspection.

Keywords: TREE LIMB, LIMBING, BACK, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING, VERTEBRA