Inspection Detail

Inspection: 305817819 - Rjr Logging

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Charlotte

Inspection Nr: 305817819

Report ID: 0453730

Date Opened: 08/25/2002

Site Address:
Rjr Logging
14853 Reap Rd.
Norwood, NC 28128

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 706, Norwood, NC 28128

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/10/2002

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis: L:Logging

Case Closed: 09/24/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102093093

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202075065

Event: 08/23/2002

Employee Dies When Struck by Felled Tree

At approximately 6:30 a.m. on August 23, 2002, Employee #1 and a coworker were working at a 12-acre-logging site that had about a 30-degree-slope. Employee #1 was using a Stihl chain saw and a Caterpillar log skidder to fell trees and then move them out. Approximately 45 minutes later, the coworker found Employee #1, injured and unresponsive, lying 75 yards inside the perimeter of the site, 5 ft away from the log skidder. Additionally, a broken, 5-inch-diameter tree branch lay between the stump and the felled tree. Emergency services were contacted and Employee #1 was transported to Stanley Memorial Hospital, where he was transferred, by helicopter, to Carolinas Medical Center, where he died. The Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's Office reported that the cause of death was from blunt force injury to the head.

Keywords: HEAD, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305817819			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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