This video shows how a faller was struck and fatally injured while falling a dangerous tree at a heli-logging operation.
This incident investigation slide show focuses on the importance of following faller safety procedures and uses animation and photos taken from the actual incident sites. No graphic imagery is shown.
The video describes how the faller discovered a 90-foot standing dead balsam tree. The tree had no green branches, large patches of missing bark, a hazardous top, and dead limbs, showing signs that this was a dangerous tree.
This educational video is useful for health and safety training and toolbox talks for tree fallers in British Columbia. It highlights some of the risks fallers and forestry workers should be aware of, and safe procedures for working with dangerous trees.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro to faller cutting down dangerous tree
0:08 Dally falling plan
0:26 Faller one moves upslope & fells trees
0:48 90-foot hazardous dead balsam identified
1:16 Dangerous tree strikes faller
1:47 Emergency response plan initiated
2:09 Failure to asses tree stability
2:38 Equipment & fuel not readily available
3:09 Incorrect falling sequence
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