OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14482095

BRAXTON LUMBER COMPANY

SUTTON, WV· 1987-03-02T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, HEAD, LOG, WORK RULES, SLIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SKULL, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #619437
Employer profile: BRAXTON LUMBER COMPANY
Summary number: 14482095
Report ID: 316400

Event description

Employee killed when head caught between log and carriage

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a barker operator at a sawmill, was trying to dislodge a 39-in. log from the log deck. He slipped from the cant log on which he was standing and fe ll between the log and the log carriage. After he fell, the log moved and his he ad became caught between it and the head block on the log carriage. Employee #1 suffered a fractured skull and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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