OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547855
YARDING,LOG,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Event description
STRUCK BY LOG
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had set a choker on a 40-foot-long spruce log, which was covered wit h logging debris (limbs), and one 14-foot-long, 22-inch-diameter log. He then fa iled to position himself in a safe location behind the turn before giving the "9 0 ahead" signal. The butt of the choked log fouled on a stump, causing the log t o swing sideways into the employee, killing him instantly. The yarding was being done by a highlead system, using a portable metal spar.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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