OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547921
CHEST,FRACTURE,HEAD,LUNG,YARDING,LOG,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,LOGGING
Event description
STRUCK BY UPENDING CHOKED LOG BEING HIGH-LEAD YARDED
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 15, 1985, AT 11:15 AM, EMPLOYEES #1, 2 AND 3 WERE SETTING CHOKERS ON A OF THE 65 FOOT LOG REACHED INTO THEIR POSITION, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD AND CHEST, KILLING HIM. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED A MASSIVE CONCUSSION AND IS HOSPIT ALIZED IN SERIOUS CONDITION. EMPLOYEE #3 SUFFERED A FRACTURED CLAVICAL AND A COL LAPSED LUNG. HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL TO CONVALESCE AT HOME ON THE FOUR TH DAY. HIGH-LEAD LOGGING OPERATION. THE HEAD RIGGER (#1) HAD DIRECTED THE SETTING OF 3 CHOKERS ON 3 SEPARATE LOGS, THEN DIRECTED THE CREW TO WHAT HE CONSIDERED A SAFE LOCATION, OUT OF REACH OF UPENDING LOGS. HE THEN GAVE THE SIGNAL FOR THE LOGS T O BE YARDED. HE HAD NOT DETERMINED THE LENGTH OF ONE LOG WHICH HAD NOT BEEN BUCK ED. THIS LOG WAS 65 FEET LONG, HAVING A 9 INCH TOP DIAMETER AND 25 INCH BUTT DIA METER. AS THE LOGS STARTED TO MOVE OUT, THIS EXTRA LONG LOG PARTIALLY UPENDED. T HE RAISED END SWEPT AROUND INTO THE AREA WHERE THE CREW HAD MOVED. THEY HAD RETR EATED 50 FEET TO ONE SIDE, NOT IN BACK OF THE CHOKED LOGS, AS REQUIRED. THE END
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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