Shippensburg man killed in logging accident: update
Chambersburg Public Opinion 2:22 p.m. EDT August 31, 2016
UPDATE: OSHA has sent an investigator to the scene of a logging accident that took the life of Richard L. Johnson II on Monday.
Timothy Braun, assistant area director of OSHA's office in Harrisburg, said the investigator is still trying to determine if Johnson's accident is covered under OSHA regulations.
The big question will be whether Johnson was considered an employee or an owner of Johnson Logging, Braun said.
"(OSHA) will determine how the accident occurred and if the company was in compliance (of OSHA rules)," he said.
The fact that OSHA is investigating does not mean OSHA safety rules were broken, he said,
Fulton County Coroner Berley Souders ruled the death accidental.
LICKING CREEK TOWNSHIP - A Shippensburg man was killed Monday by a falling tree while he was working his logging job, according to Fulton County Coroner Berley Souders.
Richard L. Johnson II, 44, was pronounced dead at about 12:15 p.m., Souders said. Johnson died of blunt force trauma to the head. The coroner's office ruled the death an accident.
Johnson and his father owned and operated Johnson Logging, a third-party contractor. They were harvesting marked trees on private property just off Patterson Run Road about three or four miles southeast of Harrisonville when the accident happened.
Souders said Johnson's father, who was driving the truck they were using to haul the harvested logs, discovered his son's body at about 11:30 a.m. Monday.
Johnson had cut a tree down and was trimming it when an adjacent tree fell on him, Souders said.
Johnson was a 1989 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and attended Penn State University, studying exercise and sport science.
He was the son of Richard L. and Linda Deck Johnson. The father-son team worked together for 25 years. According to his obituary, the son loved his job because it gave him the freedom to be outdoors and in the mountains.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home in Shippensburg.
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Richard L. "Dickie" Johnson II
1971 - 2016 Obituary Condolences
Richard L. "Dickie" Johnson II
September 21, 1971 - August 29, 2016
Shippensburg
Richard L. "Dickie" Johnson II, 44, departed this life on the morning of Monday, August 29, 2016.
He was born on September 21, 1971, in Chambersburg, the son of Richard L. and Linda Deck Johnson. Dickie was a 1989 graduate of Chambersburg High School and attended Penn State University, studying Exercise and Sport Science.
Dickie worked alongside his father, owning and operating Johnson Logging for the past twenty-five years. He loved his job because it allowed him to always be outdoors and in the mountains. Dickie just recently had a tattoo sleeve completed, showing a mountain setting under a full moon and lots of trees. It was very apparent how near and dear this was to his life and also how it shaped him as a person.
He wasn't a big fan of mornings, but you could sometimes find him sitting on the couch watching television with his St. Bernard, Mose, and he always had that candy dish nearby, because he loved to eat. Dickie had a nice Dodge Challenger and he liked to golf, especially at Piney Apple with Karen and his friends, with whom he always enjoyed their company and the company of their children. He will be missed by many.
In addition to his parents, Dickie is survived by his long-time companion, Karen Wickham; his sister, Lori (Brian) Donovan; niece, Nicole Donovan; nephew; Jake Donovan; paternal grandmother, Marjorie Johnson; uncles, George and Donald Deck and Donald Johnson; aunts, Myrtle Kriner, Diane Coldsmith, Shirley Felmlee, and Jo Ann Timmons; many cousins; and many friends. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Robert and Fannie Deck; his paternal grandfather, Albertus Johnson; and uncle, Sid Deck.
His funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 3, 2016, at the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc., Shippensburg. The Rev. Richard Reese will officiate. Interment will be private. Viewing will be Friday evening from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Arbor Day Foundation "Trees In Memory" at www.arborday.org or Saintly Bernard's Rescue at www.saintlybernards.org.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com.
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