OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14243497
CARL HUNSBERGER SAWMILL, INC.
QUAKERTOWN, PA·
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
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#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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