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 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

2008OR007	OR	Rigging slinger killed by swinging log in yarding turn.
2006OR024	OR	Logger killed under rigging when carriage drops.
2006MI066	MI	Logger killed when struck by lodged tree that fell.
2005OR039	OR	Logging worker killed while riding on step of skidder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2002NY055	NY	Contractor dies in tractor overturn while skidding logs.
2002NY013	NY	Logger crushed while felling a tree.
2001MI039	MI	Logger killed while freeing maple log with chainsaw during skidding operation.
2000KY051	KY	Logger fatally injured by falling tree.
2000AK024	AK	Logger and logging supervisor killed by uprooted tree.
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.
1999WA011	WA	Logger killed by log during helicopter logging operation in Washington State.
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.
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.
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.
1998MO023	MO	Logger dies after being struck by falling tree.
1998KY106	KY	Log rolls off truck at sawmill killing the truck driver.
1998KY099	KY	Knotted log rolls off truck and kills logger at sawmill.
1998KY063	KY	Logger fatally injured by falling limb.
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.
1997WI110	WI	Logger dies after a log skidder rolled downhill and struck him as he was felling a tree.
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.
1997AK027	AK	Logger killed while attempting to dislodge a previously felled tree with another tree.
1997AK023	AK	Logger killed while felling tree - Alaska.
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.
1994KY038	KY	Logger killed when struck by log that rolled of truck during unloading operation.
1994AK051	AK	Logging crane operator dies in crane tip-over - Alaska.
1994AK050	AK	Logging equipment manager dies in helicopter tail rotor strike - Alaska.
1993WI197	WI	Logger dies after fall from skidder to tree stump.
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.