A supervisor in a logging operation was killed by a falling tree. The crew of three had been working under a tight deadline as they cut dead trees to be removed by helicopter. The supervisor and the faller on the crew were impatient with government safety regulations which required cutting the green trees in the path of the dead trees or "snags" they were salvaging. The third member of the crew had been on the job just two weeks and had received no formal training. He was responsible for attaching the slings to the dead trees to be lifted by the […]