Abstract: On June 22, 2004, Employee #1 and an employee working for a logging company when Employee #1 a Feller/Buncher, became mired in a ditch. Employee #1 summoned another employee to provide him with a tow out of the ditch. After Employee #1 was pulled free, he exited the cab of the feller/buncher, walked to the front of the machine to take the tow cable off. The saw head was elevated approximately 6ft 9 in. from the ground and the saw was rotating in a spool down fashion at approximately 3-5 RPM. The employee #1 stepped into the path of the 20 inch moving blade contact was made with the right rear leg at the upper calf. Employee #1 was flipped feet first and upwards, spun around onto his left side, onto the blade. Employee #1 made a second contact with the blade with the left upper buttock, a third contact with his left shoulder, and a fourth contact with the rear left quadrant of the cranium. Employee #1 suffered a massive head injury and extreme blood loss which caused his immediate death.