OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206296
GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION
REMOTE, OR·
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
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#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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