OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206551
DEAN & BRIGGS LOGGING INC
GLIDE, OR·
Event description
LOGGING CABLE FATALITY
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on June 12, 1986, Employee #1 was resetting a choker that had come off a log. It appeared that the skidline was wrapped around the sk yline. The wrap had come out and the skidline fell from the skyline. The force o f the skidline falling from the skyline pulled the dropline and chokers back tow ards the carriage. The dropline became tight between the carriage and the remain ing choked logs. Employee #1 was caught by the lightening lines and flung to the ground. Employee #1 suffered traumatic chest injuries. Employee #1 was pronounc ed dead at the scene of the accident by the Douglas County Deputy Medical Examin er.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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