OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206361
S LAIRDS INC
GLASSGOW, OR·
Event description
ONE EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED WHEN STRUCK BY THROWN OBJECT
Investigation abstract
At 1:30 p.m. on July 10, 1986, the operator of a barko shovel was swinging and t rrived. Employee #1 was flown to the hospital and remains in critical condition. hrowing chunks of unusable timber in a pile off to the west side of a landing. E mployee #1, and two co-workers were bucking and liming three logs that had been set off to the side. Employee #1 walked to a point near the pile of chunks that the operator was swinging; the operator picked up three chunks and swung to thro w them into a pile. A rat tail top, approximately 15 feet long with an 8-inch bu tt and 3-inch top was one of the three chunks thrown. The rat tail top struck of f another chunk and bounced back at Employee #1, striking him in the head. The o ther employees called for help and administered first aid until the helicopter a
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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