OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203657
BERT R WAIBEL DBA WAIBEL LOGGING CO
ESTACADA, OR·
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOG LOADER AND LOG TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON WEDESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1985, A TEMPORARY CHASER WAS STRUCK BY THE ROTATING SUP ERSTRUCTURE OF A CATERPILLER 225 HYDRAULIC LOG LOADER. HE HAD STEPPED BETWEEN TH E LOADER AND A LOG TRUCK TO CHECK THE NUMBER OF LOGS WHICH REMAINED TO BE BRANDE D AND PAINTED. THE LOADER SUPERSTRUCTURE CRUSHED HIM AGAINST THE LOG TRUCK REACH . HE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS, A RUPTURED LIVER ARTERY AND DAM AGE TO HIS SMALL INTESTINE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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