OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203046
WILLIAM A ANDRUS DBA
VERNONIA, OR—
Event description
TIMBER FELLER STRUCK AND KILLED BY LOG
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 21, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED WHILE FELLING TIMBER FOR THE WILLIAM ANDRUS LOGGING CO. EMPLOYEE #1 FELLED A LARGE FIR TREE (A PPROXIMATELY 120 FEET IN LENGTH) DOWN A 75% GRADE. HE WALKED DOWN THE TREE, CUT THE TOP OFF THE TREE AND CAME BACK UP THE HILL TO BUCK A 40 FOOT LOG OFF THE TRE E. THIS LEFT A 30 FOOT BUTT LOG ON THE UPPER PART OF THE HILL. THE BUTT LOG WAS LYING ACROSS A COUPLE OF SMALLER LOGS WHERE HE WAS MAKING HIS CUT. IT WAS APPARE NT THAT HE HAD MADE AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR A PATH OF ESCAPE BY CUTTING A SMALL VINE MAPLE. IT IS LIKELY THAT WHEN THE CUT WAS MADE, THE BUTT LOG SLID AND TURNED SI DEWAYS ON THE HILL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 AND KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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