OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535488
NEEDLES EYE
CUSTER, SD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY LOG ROLLING DOWN COLD DECK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED ONTO A COLD DECK TO REMOVE LIMBS FROM A LOG, USING A CHAIN S AW. THE SAW BLADE BECAME PINCHED IN A LIMB, AND, WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE IT, HE DISLODGED ANOTHER LOG ABOVE HIM. THE DISLODGED LOG ROLLED DOWN THE COLD DECK AND STRUCK AND KILLED EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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