Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119760130 - Stenberg Logging Co

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Inspection Nr: 119760130

Report ID: 0950623

Date Opened: 08/22/1995

Site Address:
Stenberg Logging Co
T4on, R2e, Sec. 36 Sand Flat Salvage
Pondosa, CA 96077

Mailing Address:
1225 Aloha Court, Red Bluff, CA 96080

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/22/1995

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/06/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361665870

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170697247

Event: 08/18/1995

Employee killed when struck by falling tree

Employee #1, of Stenberg Logging, a small logging company, was part of a cutting crew that was felling and bucking timber. He limbed and bucked the trees, while his father felled the trees. Employee #1's father felled a tree and it lodged in the limbs of a tree standing next to it. He instructed Employee #1 not to limb or buck a tree that was lying in the danger zone. Employee #1 was limbing and preparing to buck the tree in the danger zone when the lodged tree fell onto him. He was killed.

Keywords: TREE LIMB, WORK RULES, LODGED TREE, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119760130			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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