OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224588
LOUIS R. LAMPKINS
COLLINSVILLE, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING POPLAR LOG
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:45 a.m. on March 27, 1986, Employee #1 was killed when struck by a falling log. Employee #1 was preparing to loosen the chain binder on a loa d of logs he had to sell to Wright's Sawmill. Employee #1 loosened the binder on the driver's side of the truck and then went to the passenger's side. Either he pulled on a chain and dislodged a 14-ft log which fell on him, or the log was i n the process of falling when Employee #1 went to the passenger's side of the tr uck. Employee #1 was discovered by an employee of Wright's Mill who called the r escue squad. Employee #1 was deceased when the rescue squad arrived.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 494
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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