Logging workers have the highest fatality rate of any civilian job in the US, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The profession sees 110.4 fatalities per 100,000 workers – a rate more than double that of roofing (the third-deadliest occupation) and over 33 times higher than the national average for all workers.
Amish in many communities are involved in the lumber industry – both in logging, and in operating sawmills. And sadly, news has come that another Amish logger has lost his life, this time in an incident in Crittenden County, Kentucky. ...
MATTOON, Ky. — First Responders were called to the scene of a logging accident which resulted in a death near Mattoon close to a sawmill off KY 654, according to the Crittenden Press.
29-year-old Eli Bontrager, an Amish man, was killed Saturday morning during a tree cutting incident in Mattoon.
The Crittenden Press said that Bontrager was pronounced dead at the scene by the Crittenden County Assistant Coroner Keith Gilbert.
The Crittenden Press reported that responders were called to the scene at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28. Early reports indicated that Bontrager was seriously injured, which later resulted in the man’s death