OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431902
LOG,LOGGER,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,LOGGING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY LOG
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on October 5, 1989, Employee # 1 was hooking logs, wh en a log was snagged on a stump. Employee #1 tied a kicker onto the back of the log that was snagged, and when the line machine operator pulled on the logs they broke free and struck Employee #1 in the head killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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