Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123443616 - Terry Lee Logging

Inspection Information - Office: Little Rock Area Office

Inspection Nr: 123443616

Report ID: 0627100

Date Opened: 06/24/1997

Site Address:
Terry Lee Logging
6 - 7 Miles Outside Of Prim
Prim, AR 72130

Mailing Address:
6254 Greers Ferry Road, Greers Ferry, AR 72067

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/25/1997

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/15/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360915011

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	19040008	07/16/1997	07/21/1997	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200260735

Event: 06/19/1997

Employee killed when struck by falling tree section

Employee #1 was manually felling a white oak tree near to where five to six years earlier a logger had made a cut in a hickory tree. This cut went halfway through the tree and was close to ground level. As the white oak was falling, a vine connecting the hickory and the white oak caused the hickory to snap at the cut and "barber chair" over. Employee #1 jumped backward against a waist high rock. The limbs of the white oak tree struck a dead red oak tree, bending it toward the ground. When the limbs slipped off the red oak, it whipped backward and snapped off at the apex of the arc. An approximately 8 in. in diameter by 40 ft long section of the red oak tree fell and struck Employee #1 on the head, killing him.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, TREE SECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123443616			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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