Fatality Alert – March 15, 2021

Preliminary Information

On March 15, a manual tree faller was fatally injured when he was struck by the top of a Hemlock danger tree at a logging site near Port McNeil, BC. This is the second manual tree falling fatality this month and the second harvesting fatality
of 2021. This incident is still under investigation and details are still to be determined.

This alert provides preliminary information about the incident and a list of safety information for review – Fatality Alert, March 15, 2021