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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206296

LOG LOADER,LOAD SHIFT,CRUSHED,LOG TRAILER,TREE,LOG TRUCK,LOGGER,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE LOAD

Event
LOG LOADER,LOAD SHIFT,CRUSHED,LOG TRAILER,TREE,LOG TRUCK,LOGGER,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14206296
Report ID
1054116

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY LOG

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 31, 1985, Employee #1 was struck and kill ed by a log when it fell from a log truck. The employee was directing the shovel operator to balance the load of a log truck. Employee #1 turned away to prepare the front wrapper used to cover the truck's load. When the log was placed on th e truck as directed, another log fell and struck Employee #1, crushing him. Anot her employee instructed the shovel to move the log off Employee #1 and checked h is vital signs. A doctor pronounced Employee #1 dead at the scene.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 51 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    496
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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