OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547970
TUXEKAN LOGGING CO.
KETCHIKAN, AK·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by pivoting log
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on July 11, 1986, Employee #1, of the Tuxekon Loggin g Co., was using a 181 Husqvarna power saw to buck a 16 in. top diameter by 40 f t 10 in. long log from a felled tree. When the log was cut, it began to roll awa y from him. The severing action dislodged the remaining 65 ft section of the tre e, which lay diagonally on a 50 percent grade. The tree slid down the slope, str uck a standing tree, and pivoted around, with the freshly bucked end swinging up near Employee #1. He lost his balance and fell into the path of the swinging tr ee section. The log struck him in the chest, causing massive crushing injuries a nd a broken neck. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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