Logger Crushed While Felling a Tree

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE02NY013

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Logger Crushed While Felling a Tree

2002/12/14
By New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE) ; New York (State). Department of Health ; New York (State). Bureau of Occupational Health

New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE) ; New York (State). Department of Health ; New York (State). Bureau of Occupational Health Less -
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On March 20, 2002, a 36-year-old male logger died as a result of being crushed by a fallen oak tree. The victim had been working by himself in a remote area felling trees on the day of the incident. As the logger finished making the final cut on the oak tree he was felling, he began to walk away from the area. As the oak tree was falling, it hit another tree that horizontally crossed another standing tree. As the falling tree hit this crossed tree, the butt of the falling tree was thrown up into the air and backwards away from the stump. The logger was knocked down by the falling tree, and was subsequently crushed underneath the weight of the tree. When the logger did not return home, his wife became concerned and called a co-worker. The co-worker was able to find the logger after some searching, and called for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) with his cell phone. EMS responded and transported the victim to the hospital where he was pronounced dead by the county coroner. New York State Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (NY FACE) investigators concluded that to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future, loggers should: 1. Utilize proper notching techniques when felling trees; 2. Fell trees in areas clear of hazards; 3. Work in teams while felling trees.
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Forestry Forestry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Logging-workers OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Logging (0010)

All (0000) ; Logging (0010) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE02NY013
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

New York ; OSHA Region 2

New York ; OSHA Region 2 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-6
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028610
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2010-111708
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 02NY013, 2002 Dec; :1-6
Federal Fiscal Year:

2003
Performing Organization:

New York State Department of Health/Health Research Incorporated
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2001/09/01
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-02NY013
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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