OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440531
BROWN BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
MCMCALL, ID·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between track and body of yarder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing between the track and the superstructure of a T3Y 50 Th underbird log yarder, resting his chain saw on the track while he sharpened the chain. The yarder operator had completed a turn to move logs from where they wer e felled to the landing. When he rotated the yarder 90 degrees to lay the logs o n the landing, Employee #1 became caught between the track and the superstructur e. He suffered a crushed pelvis and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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