Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.
State
FACE Reports: Logging
The
following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in these reports are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Pub. Date | Report No. | State | Title |
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1/1/2017 | 2014OR042 | OR | Forestry worker in vehicle killed from timber falling activity - Oregon. |
5/15/2015 | 2011WA03301 | WA | Log truck driver dies when struck by logs being loaded onto trailer. |
2/24/2014 | 2010WA048 | WA | Timber harvester operator killed following a chain shot incident. |
7/16/2013 | 2011OR050 | OR | Timber faller killed while working under a hung tree limb. |
6/6/2013 | 2011MI005 | MI | Logger killed by falling tree. |
3/31/2011 | 2006OR024 | OR | Logger killed under rigging when carriage drops. |
3/31/2011 | 2008OR007 | OR | Rigging slinger killed by swinging log in yarding turn. |
8/13/2008 | 2006OR001 | OR | Mechanic killed pouring gasoline on fire. |
8/13/2008 | 2006OR014 | OR | Log truck driver killed when brakes fail on steep road. |
12/6/2007 | 2005OR039 | OR | Logging worker killed while riding on step of skidder. |
10/4/2007 | 2006OR009 | OR | Logger killed by 41-foot pole sliding down steep hill. |
5/17/2007 | 2006MI066 | MI | Logger killed when struck by lodged tree that fell. |
11/27/2006 | 2004OR021 | OR | Truck driver crushed by front-end loader in mill yard. |
6/28/2006 | 2004OR052 | OR | Logger killed by swinging tree in yarding operation. |
5/18/2006 | 2004OR023 | OR | Ranch hand killed by bulldozer while logging. |
1/25/2006 | 2003OR029 | OR | Operator killed when bulldozer slides off logging road. |
3/12/2004 | 2004WV001 | WV | Timber cutter dies after being struck from behind by a tree which became entangled with the tree he was felling in West Virginia. |
3/5/2004 | 2003WV045 | WV | Timber cutter dies after being struck by elevated butt of previously felled tree which dropped as he walked under it in West Virginia. |
10/30/2003 | 2003OR007 | OR | Logger killed as skyline cable whips free of slash pile. |
10/21/2003 | 2003OR006 | OR | Logger killed by falling sheave when yarder tower collapses. |
6/16/2003 | 1999WA011 | WA | Logger killed by log during helicopter logging operation in Washington State. |
3/12/2003 | 2002NY055 | NY | Contractor dies in tractor overturn while skidding logs. |
12/14/2002 | 2002NY013 | NY | Logger crushed while felling a tree. |
7/24/2002 | 2002WV009 | WV | West Virginia dozer operator dies after being struck-by a tree which was pushed over by the worker he was training. |
6/18/2002 | 2002WV007 | WV | Worker dies after being run over by the skidder he was operating in West Virginia. |
1/26/2002 | 2001MI039 | MI | Logger killed while freeing maple log with chainsaw during skidding operation. |
11/1/2001 | 2000AK024 | AK | Logger and logging supervisor killed by uprooted tree. |
12/6/2000 | 2000KY051 | KY | Logger fatally injured by falling tree. |
8/16/2000 | 1998WA103 | WA | Cedar salvage logger killed when struck by falling cedar blocks during a helicopter logging operation in Washington State. |
7/13/2000 | 1999AK027 | AK | Heavy equipment operator killed during rollover of front-end loader. |
7/1/2000 | 1999AK021 | AK | Logger killed when struck by rebounding tree. |
12/1/1999 | 1999AK015 | AK | Logger killed when struck by a dislodged limb. |
11/12/1999 | 1999WV038 | WV | Tree feller dies after being struck by snag while felling tree in West Virginia. |
10/4/1999 | 1999WV033 | WV | Tree feller dies after being struck by entangled tree while felling tree in West Virginia. |
8/26/1999 | 1999WV026 | WV | Tree feller dies after being struck by tree being felled in West Virginia. |
7/26/1999 | 1998MO023 | MO | Logger dies after being struck by falling tree. |
6/17/1999 | 1997WI110 | WI | Logger dies after a log skidder rolled downhill and struck him as he was felling a tree. |
4/30/1999 | 1998WA076 | WA | Logger killed when struck by top of falling tree, which was felled by an adjacent cutter, in Washington State. |
3/12/1999 | 1998KY099 | KY | Knotted log rolls off truck and kills logger at sawmill. |
2/3/1999 | 1998KY106 | KY | Log rolls off truck at sawmill killing the truck driver. |
12/30/1998 | 1998WV028 | WV | Tree feller dies in West Virginia after being struck by boulder that rolled down hillside. |
10/6/1998 | 1998KY063 | KY | Logger fatally injured by falling limb. |
7/16/1998 | 1998WV015 | WV | Tree cutter dies after being struck by log that fell from logging truck in West Virginia. |
4/9/1998 | 1998WV002 | WV | Bulldozer operator/logger crushed when struck by falling tree in West Virginia. |
12/15/1997 | 1997WV041 | WV | Bulldozer operator/logger crushed by crawler bulldozer after pulling logging truck from mud on logging road in West Virginia. |
12/11/1997 | 1997KY110 | KY | Skidder operator thrown from vehicle during rollover. |
12/10/1997 | 1997KY122 | KY | Dislodged tree strikes logger. |
11/20/1997 | 1997KY073 | KY | Logger crushed during repair work on skidder. |
10/30/1997 | 1997AK027 | AK | Logger killed while attempting to dislodge a previously felled tree with another tree. |
10/10/1997 | 1997WV056 | WV | Log cutter dies in West Virginia after being struck by a limb from a dead tree. |
8/28/1997 | 1997AK023 | AK | Logger killed while felling tree - Alaska. |
7/1/1997 | 1997KY031 | KY | Logger killed when struck by tree limb during hauling. |
4/16/1997 | 1997KY018 | KY | Logger killed during tree felling. |
12/3/1996 | 1996KY102 | KY | Logger killed when struck by tree. |
10/3/1996 | 1996KY089 | KY | Logger killed by falling snag. |
6/5/1996 | 1996KY046 | KY | Logs roll off truck at sawmill killing the truck driver. |
5/9/1996 | 1996KY019 | KY | Logger killed by falling snag. |
10/30/1995 | 1995KY102 | KY | Logger killed when log rolls off truck at sawmill. |
10/30/1995 | 1995KY110 | KY | Log rolls off truck during unloading and strikes logger. |
9/21/1995 | 1995KY078 | KY | Logger killed by falling snag. |
9/5/1995 | 1995KY073 | KY | Logger killed in endloader rollover. |
8/21/1995 | 1994AK050 | AK | Logging equipment manager dies in helicopter tail rotor strike - Alaska. |
8/7/1995 | 1994AK051 | AK | Logging crane operator dies in crane tip-over - Alaska. |
6/17/1994 | 1994KY038 | KY | Logger killed when struck by log that rolled off truck during unloading operation. |
3/25/1994 | 1993WI197 | WI | Logger dies after fall from skidder to tree stump. |
3/23/1993 | 1993AK004 | AK | Owner of logging company crushed by rootwad of windfall tree during bucking operation - Alaska. |
3/9/1993 | 1993AK003 | AK | Truck driver killed when struck by log that rolled off truck during loading operation - Alaska. |
7/8/1992 | 1992AK009 | AK | Tree faller killed when struck by decayed slab jarred loose by fallen tree - Alaska. |
7/8/1992 | 1992AK015 | AK | Tree faller crushed by dislodged tree - Alaska. |
7/8/1992 | 1992AK010 | AK | Tree faller/bucker crushed between two logs while bucking a fallen tree - Alaska. |
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