Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Oregon: Timber Faller Killed While Working Under a Hung Tree Limb, FACE-11-OR-050-1.

摘要

On December 29, 2011, a 41-year-old Hispanic male was killed while working as a timber faller. The incident occurred at about 1 p.m. on a workday. The victim, working as a lone faller, was attempting to fell a tree that had an alder limb hung up in it. The alder limb was approximately 34 feet in length and 11 inches in diameter. The victim's cutting partner was working on a separate strip of timber approximately 400 to 500 feet away. Witness accounts state that they had observed the hung alder limb in the victim's cutting strip about two hours prior to the incident. The victim was found underneath the alder limb and was pronounced dead at the scene.