TranslateInspection Detail
Inspection Information - Office: Indiana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nr: 124047259 | Report ID: 0551800 | Open Date: 07/21/1995 | ||
| Burton Lumber Co. Inc. | ||||
| 13980 W Polk Road Lexington, IN 47138 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 2411/Logging | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Complete | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 09/01/1995 | |
| Planning Guide: | Safety-Manufacturing | Close Case: | 10/19/1995 | |
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 361309446 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Current Violations | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $2,025 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,025 |
| Current Penalty | $1,005 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,005 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 2200080101 | 09/08/1995 | 09/26/1995 | $375 | $750 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19100147 C01 | 09/08/1995 | 09/26/1995 | $185 | $375 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 3. | 01003 | Serious | 19100213 H01 | 09/08/1995 | 09/16/1995 | $185 | $375 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 01004 | Serious | 19100215 B09 | 09/08/1995 | 09/21/1995 | $150 | $300 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 5. | 01005A | Serious | 19101200 E01 | 09/08/1995 | 09/26/1995 | $110 | $225 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 6. | 01005B | Serious | 19101200 H | 09/08/1995 | 09/26/1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
| 7. | 02001 | Other | 19100038 B01 | 09/08/1995 | 09/26/1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 170389852 | Event: 07/20/1995 | Tree Cutter Killed When Struck By Flying Treetop | ||||
| At approximately 3:05 p.m. on July 20, 1995, Employee #1, a timber cutter with 17 years of field experience, felled a 90 ft tree that fell northeast 45 degrees and lodged in other smaller trees and saplings nearby. The log skidder operator then hooked his choker cables around the lower base of the tree trunk and pulled the entire tree west until it dropped to the ground. A 5 in. diameter sapling that had been caught in the first fall of the tree snapped midway down its trunk, with the top half flying 70 ft southwest at high velocity, striking Employee #1 on the right side of his protective hard hat, fracturing his skull and causing a brain hemorrhage. He was killed. All proper protective equipment was being worn. Both Employee #1 and the log skidder had just completed the first of four field sessions on timber cutting training. Casual factors include poor judgment of surrounding hazards, lack of surveillance, and being too close to a falling tree. | ||||||
| Keywords: clearance, fracture, tree felling, hemorrhage, work rules, lodged tree, skull, tree section, struck by, brain | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 124047259 | Fatality | Fracture | Timber cutting and logging occupations | ||