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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.

In-house Case Reports: Logging

 

Report No.

Incident State

Title

 
2004-07 NC Chain saw operator dies after being struck by excavator bucket during site clearing - North Carolina
2004-04 NC Hispanic logger struck and killed by a falling tree cut by a feller buncher machine - North Carolina
1998-09 WV Tree feller killed when struck by chain saw - West Virginia
1997-05 WV Hog farmer/logging company owner dies after being struck by a falling tree - West Virginia
1996-15 VA Tree trimmer/climber dies after falling 40 feet with an uprooted tree trunk - Virginia, July 23, 1996
1996-14 PA Tree feller killed by a piece of wood from a falling tree - Pennsylvania, April 2, 1996
1996-13 SC Logger dies after falling from tractor - South Carolina, March 14, 1996
1996-10 SC Logger dies after falling from log skidder - South Carolina
1995-08 NC Truck driver dies after being struck by log that fell from logging truck - North Carolina, February 7, 1995
1995-07 NC Machine operator struck and killed by cutting head of feller buncher machine - North Carolina, January 11, 1995
1995-05 SC Chokersetter killed by falling tree - South Carolina, December 6, 1994
1995-04 SC Timber cutter killed by falling tree limb - South Carolina, December 15, 1994
1995-03 WV Timber cutter killed by falling tree limb - West Virginia, January 13, 1995
1994-05 WV Timber cutter/skidder operator killed by falling tree - West Virginia, January 28, 1994
1993-16 SC Equipment operator struck and killed by skidder - South Carolina, April 8, 1993
1993-13 WV Foreman/skidder operator killed by falling tree - West Virginia, March 22, 1993
1993-10 WV Timber cutter dies after being struck by a falling snag - West Virginia, December 3, 1992
1993-05 WV Tree feller killed by falling tree limb - West Virginia, November 17, 1992
1993-04 AK Owner of logging company crushed by rootwad of windfall tree during bucking operation - Alaska, November 8, 1992
1993-03 AK Truck driver killed when struck by log that rolled off truck during loading operation - Alaska, November 7, 1992
1993-02 SC Tree feller dies after being struck by a chain saw - South Carolina, October 9, 1992
1993-01 SC Tree feller crushed by dislodged tree - South Carolina, October 10, 1992
1992-38 VA Tree feller crushed by falling tree - Virginia, August 25, 1992
1992-21 PA Tree faller dies after being struck by a falling snag - Pennsylvania, July 7, 1992
1992-15 AK Tree faller crushed by dislodged tree - Alaska
1992-10 AK Tree faller/bucker crushed between two logs while bucking a fallen tree - Alaska
1992-09 AK Tree faller killed when struck by decayed slab jarred loose by fallen tree - Alaska
1983-05 WV Falling tree limb strikes logger

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