OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14429476
J P M TRUCKING
MONTROSE, CO·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling logs
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 p.m. on July 18, 1987, Employee #1 and a coworker were lo ading a pole trailer with timber. The coworker was loading the trailer with a Pr entice 210 log loader but stopped when Employee #1 failed to install extensions on the trailer stakes. The coworker found Employee #1 lying between the timber s tack and trailer. He had been struck by timber and was pronounced dead at the sc ene. The coworker recalled that several logs had fallen off during the operation . It was not known why Employee #1 walked under a suspended load of lumber.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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