OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14243497

UNSECURED,LOG,PINNED,LOAD SHIFT,LOG TRAILER,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1988-04-11T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED,LOG,PINNED,LOAD SHIFT,LOG TRAILER,OFF LOADING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14243497
Report ID: 317000

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling log

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a laborer, was helping a trailer driver prepare a load of logs for unloading. Stakes and binder chains had been removed when a log that had become unsettled during transit rolled off the trailer and pinned Employee #1 to the gr ound, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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