OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204572
LUNG,SPLEEN,TREE FELLING,ROLL-OVER,LOAD SHIFT,LOGGER,RIB,BUCKING,LOGGING,PUNCTURE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN LOG ROLLS INTO HIM
Investigation abstract
December 20, 1985, Employee #1 was "side hill" felling timber on a steep slope. The employee fell a fir tree that hit another tree when it was committed to the fall. This contact caused the fir tree to change direction and it swung downhill , landing on some bucked logs (logs ready for milling). When Employee #1 went be low the loose logs to complete the bucking activities, a log that was directly u phill from him rolled down into him. Employee #1 was killed when he sustained tw o punctured lungs, a punctured spleen, and one cracked rib.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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