OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540025
LOG,WORK RULES,STEEP GRADE,STRUCK BY,BUCKING,LOGGING
Event description
Employee killed when struck by rolling log
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on July 2, 1987, Employee #1 was bucking logs on a l anding when a saw log that was located about 33 ft above him on a 70 percent gra de, became dislodged. The log rolled down the hill, striking and killing Employe e #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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