OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237556
CHEST,LOG,SKIDDER,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Event description
STRUCK BY LOG
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON THE TIRE ON HIS LOG SKIDDER, WATCHING ANOTHER EMPLOY EE USE A SKIDDER TO PUSH SOME LOGS OUT OF A DITCH. ONE OF THE LOGS BENT, THEN RE BOUNDED. THE END OF THE LOG STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS DECLARED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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