Hispanic Logger Struck and Killed by a Falling Tree Cut by a Feller Buncher Machine - North Carolina

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE200404

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Hispanic Logger Struck and Killed by a Falling Tree Cut by a Feller Buncher Machine - North Carolina

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
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On December 8, 2003, a 23-year-old Hispanic logger (the victim) was struck by a tree cut by a feller buncher machine. After using the feller buncher to make 2 cuts on a tree that was approximately 104 feet in height and approximately 36-inches in diameter, the operator turned to view the tree he had just cut. He observed the tree lying on top of the victim who had been assigned to work in the limbing area. The falling tree struck the victim in the cutting operations area. It is theorized that the victim had been approaching the feller buncher to communicate with the operator. The feller buncher operator ran to the foreman for assistance. When the foreman and the feller buncher operator returned, the foreman was unable to find any vital signs for the victim, and called 911 on his mobile phone. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and police personnel responded to the scene. The victim was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-prevention Accidents Forestry Forestry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Logging-workers Lumber-industry Lumber-industry-workers Lumberjacks OSHA Region 4 Traumatic-injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Logging (0010) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022)

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Logging (0010) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200404
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Construction
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4

North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 Less -
CIO:

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

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

10 pages
Contributor:

Romano, Nancy T.
NIOSHTIC Number:

20025784
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2005-101508
Citation:

Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Fiscal Year:

2005
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

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

2003/12/08
Resource Number:

FACE-2004-04
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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