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	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-based Case 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 each report 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.

Report No.	Incident State	Title

2000AK024	AK	Logger and logging supervisor killed by uprooted tree
1999AK027	AK	Heavy equipment operator killed during rollover of front-end loader
1999AK021	AK	Logger killed when struck by rebounding tree
1999AK015	AK	Logger killed when struck by a dislodged limb
1997AK027	AK	Logger killed while attempting to dislodge a previously felled tree with another tree
1997AK023	AK	Logger killed while felling tree - Alaska
1994AK051	AK	Logging crane operator dies in crane tip-over - Alaska
1994AK050	AK	Logging equipment manager dies in helicopter tail rotor strike - Alaska
1993AK004	AK	Owner of logging company crushed by rootwad of windfall tree during bucking operation - Alaska
1993AK003	AK	Truck driver killed when struck by log that rolled off truck during loading operation - Alaska
1992AK015	AK	Tree faller crushed by dislodged tree - Alaska
1992AK010	AK	Tree faller/bucker crushed between two logs while bucking a fallen tree - Alaska
1992AK009	AK	Tree faller killed when struck by decayed slab jarred loose by fallen tree - Alaska
1995CA019	CA	Truck driver dies when a load of lumber falls over and crushes him in California
1994IN061	IN	Laborer electrocuted while felling trees on private property
2000KY051	KY	Logger fatally injured by falling tree
1998KY106	KY	Log rolls off truck at sawmill killing the truck driver
1998KY103	KY	Log rolls off truck at sawmill killing employee
1998KY099	KY	Knotted log rolls off truck and kills logger at sawmill
1998KY063	KY	Logger fatally injured by falling limb
1997KY122	KY	Dislodged tree strikes logger
1997KY110	KY	Skidder operator thrown from vehicle during rollover
1997KY073	KY	Logger crushed during repair work on skidder
1997KY031	KY	Logger killed when struck by tree limb during hauling
1997KY018	KY	Logger killed during tree felling
1997KY008	KY	Farmer killed on tractor during logging operations
1996KY102	KY	Logger killed when struck by tree
1996KY089	KY	Logger killed by falling snag
1996KY046	KY	Logs roll off truck at sawmill killing the truck driver
1996KY019	KY	Logger killed by falling snag
1995KY110	KY	Log rolls off truck during unloading and strikes logger
1995KY102	KY	Logger killed when log rolls off truck at sawmill
1995KY078	KY	Logger killed by falling snag
1995KY073	KY	Logger killed in endloader rollover
1994KY161	KY	Log loader runs over worker at stave mill
1994KY038	KY	Logger killed when struck by log that rolled of truck during unloading operation
2006MI066	MI	Logger killed when struck by lodged tree that fell
2005MI095	MI	Municipal tree trimmer dies when falling tree limb struck him
2001MI039	MI	Logger killed while freeing maple log with chainsaw during skidding operation
1998MO023	MO	Logger dies after being struck by falling tree
2005NJ081	NJ	Groundman killed by falling tree section at tree removal operation
2004NJ013	NJ	20-year-old man killed when struck by tree falling from tree-cutting machine
2002NY055	NY	Contractor dies in tractor overturn while skidding logs
2002NY027	NY	Truck driver killed when struck by laminated veneer beams falling from a forklift
2002NY013	NY	Logger crushed while felling a tree
2005OR039	OR	Logging worker killed while riding on step of skidder
2004OR052	OR	Logger killed by swinging tree in yarding operation
2004OR023	OR	Ranch hand killed by bulldozer while logging
2004OR021	OR	Truck driver crushed by front-end loader in mill yard
2003OR029	OR	Operator killed when bulldozer slides off logging road
2003OR007	OR	Logger killed as skyline cable whips free of slash pile
2003OR006	OR	Logger killed by falling sheave when yarder tower collapses
1999WA011	WA	Logger killed by log during helicopter logging operation in Washington State
1998WA103	WA	Cedar salvage logger killed when struck by falling cedar blocks during a helicopter logging operation in Washington State
1998WA076	WA	Logger killed when struck by top of falling tree, which was felled by an adjacent cutter, in Washington State
1999WI072	WI	Part-time logger pinned by tractor wheel after being knocked from operator's seat by falling tree
1997WI110	WI	Logger dies after a log skidder rolled downhill and struck him as he was felling a tree
1993WI197	WI	Logger dies after fall from skidder to tree stump
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
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
2002WV009	WV	West Virginia dozer operator dies after being struck-by a tree which was pushed over by the worker he was training
2002WV007	WV	Worker dies after being run over by the skidder he was operating in West Virginia
1999WV038	WV	Tree feller dies after being struck by snag while felling tree in West Virginia
1999WV033	WV	Tree feller dies after being struck by entangled tree while felling tree in West Virginia
1999WV026	WV	Tree feller dies after being struck by tree being felled in West Virginia
1999WV025	WV	Dairy farm worker dies following a tractor rollover in West Virginia
1998WV028	WV	Tree feller dies in West Virginia after being struck by boulder that rolled down hillside
1998WV015	WV	Tree cutter dies after being struck by log that fell from logging truck in West Virginia
1998WV002	WV	Bulldozer operator/logger crushed when struck by falling tree in West Virginia
1997WV056	WV	Log cutter dies in West Virginia after being struck by a limb from a dead tree
1997WV041	WV	Bulldozer operator/logger crushed by crawler bulldozer after pulling logging truck from mud on logging road in West Virginia