OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506653
DIRECT TRANSFER INC.
LOVELAND, CO·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling logs
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on December 8, 1986, Employee #1 removed a webbed str ap that was securing bundles of log poles to a flat bed truck. The bundles were held together with metal strapping and stacked one on top of the other. The meta l strapping on the top bundle broke, and the logs fell on Employee #1. He suffer ed injuries to his abdomen and fractured his legs. He died at the hospital as a result of his injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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