Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302051974 - Tack Logging Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Or-E-Salem 1054100

Inspection Nr: 302051974

Report ID: 1054118

Date Opened: 11/17/1998

Site Address:
Tack Logging Inc
T11s R3e Sec 14, 17 Miles Ne Of
Sweet Home, OR 97386

Mailing Address:
Po Box 235, Sweet Home, OR 97386

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/19/1999

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/19/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101611697

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201610862

Event: 11/15/1998

Employee killed by a rolling root wad

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 15, 1998, Employee #1 and coworker went to the worksite to prepare a load of logs for an early morning start. Upon arrival he assessed the windfall, which lay across the road. Employee #1 went up the hill to the root wad to buck it off, but it was difficult to do bucking, because of trees and bushes. Therefore, he went down hill to do the bucking. He worked on a 5-ft in diameter 143-ft fir that was laying at a seventy-degree slope. When he neared the end of the bucking work he instructed his coworker to go to a safer place. As Employee #1 was finishing bucking a root wad off, the root wad broke free and rolled over onto Employee #1 and killed him. He was killed instantly and was transported to a local funeral home.

Keywords: LOG, ROLL-OVER, TREE, BUCKING, LOGGING, SLOPE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302051974			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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