OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250658
HEAD,TREE LIMB,LOG,WORK RULES,NECK,STRUCK BY,LOGGING,PUNCTURE
Event description
STRUCK ON HEAD BY LOG; NECK PUNCTURED ON LIMB STUB
Investigation abstract
THE KNUCKLE BOOM OPERATOR HAD JUST PLACED TWO WET AND MUDDY YELLOW PINE POLES ON TO THE REAR RICK OF PULPWOOD POLES. HE WAS SWINGING THE BOOM TO PICK UP AND LOAD THE LAST TWO POLES. EMPLOYEE #1 PICKED UP THE TIE-DOWN CHAIN AND RAN BETWEEN TH E KNUCKLE BOOM AND THE LOG TRAILER. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHY EMPLOYEE #1 TOOK THIS AC TION, SINCE IT IS AGAINST ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. AN ALREADY LOADED POLE SLID OFF THE STACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. HE WAS PROPELLED ONTO A PILE OF CEDAR POLES, WHERE HIS NECK WAS PUNCTURED BY A PROTRUDING LIMB ST UB. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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