Support Activities for Forestry

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 15,295 workers employed at 2,304 Support Activities for Forestry establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 104 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 7 workers. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (164% more) the average for the Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry Industry.

OSHA investigators arrived in Alpine, UT on Wednesday, October 18th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Mountain West Helicopters, Llc. A 58 year old had been killed when the employee was struck by falling material from helicopter and i
OSHA ID99971.015
Accident Date2017-10-07
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 1:15 p.m. on October 7, 2017, an employee was spotting drop sites for aerial reseeding drops and the helicopter released a load which struck the employee. The employee suffered from blunt force trauma from straw and bark and was killed.
On Friday, September 29th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Elma, WA at Mark Carter Contracting Inc.. A 24 year old had been injured when the employee was struck by falling tree and sustained fractured ve
OSHA ID99392.015
Accident Date2017-09-16
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 2:00 p.m. on September 16, 2017, an employee was felling trees and it was at the end of the shift. The employee did not come back to the truck at the prearranged time. The supervisor investigated and found the employee on the ground. The employee was approximately 10 feet from the last tree the employee cut. A tree, approximately 30 feet behind the employee, uprooted, fell, and struck the employee. The employee sustained a fractured vertebrae and sternum.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, September 13th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Talent, OR at Cutting Edge Forestry, Inc. A 37 year old man working as a Forestry worker was killed on the job when the employee was struck and killed by falling tree
OSHA ID98994.015
Accident Date2017-09-12
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 2:45 p.m. on September 12, 2017, Employee #1 was cutting pine trees. As one tree was falling, another tree fell and struck him, causing blunt force trauma to his head and face, killing him.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
22.78
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 610
50%
Inspection Rate: 1.2
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 58

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