OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440697
YARDING,ASPHYXIATED,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,GUY,LOGGING,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when pinned by overturned yarder
Investigation abstract
On June 4, 1987, Employee #1 and two coworkers were at a logging site south of A he canopy support bar and the operator's seat. He died of asphyxia within 5 minu tes. very, Idaho. Employee #1 was operating a homemade log yarder (an Idaho jammer) m ounted on a 1945 Peterbilt truck. The yarder had been guyed to four stumps the n ight before. Two of the stumps (the goose guy and the middle guy) were on the hi ll above the yarder, one stump was in front of the truck, and one was on the hil l below the yarder. Employee #1 was yarding a log up the hill when it became cau ght on another log. In an attempt to free it, he gave an extra tug on the yarder line. The extra tug pulled the upper two guy wires free, causing the yarder to tip over in the direction of the pull. Employee #1 was pinned to the ground by t
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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