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Cedar Creek Fire East Zone DIV J Hit by Tree 2022

  • Incident Information:

    Attachment Size
    Cedar Creek Fire East Zone Division J Hit by Tree Incident RLS.pdf (405.61 KB) 405.61 KB

  • Location:

    Oregon

  • Date:

    09/22/2022

  • Incident Type:

    Hit by Tree

  • Description:

    Two brothers on the same crew were engaged in a falling operation on the Cedar Creek Fire, Oregon. The younger brother walked up and placed an undercut in an 8-inch diameter lodgepole pine that was 25 feet in height. Just as he finished his back cut, he was surprised as the tree began to sit back and fall 180 degrees in the opposite direction from where he had intended it to go. His older brother was bucking a log a short distance away—in the direct path of the falling tree that was now heading directly for him. The tree struck the sawyer's brother, who was taken to medical care with a concussion.

    Hit by Tree, Falling Operation, Hand Crew, RLS

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