OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547996
FRACTURE,LUNG,YARDING,HEMORRHAGE,WORK RULES,RIB,FALL,LOGGING,PUNCTURE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL WHILE SLIDING DOWN YARDING CABLE
Investigation abstract
THE HIGH LEAD YARDING MACHINE HAD BROKEN DOWN AND THE OPERATOR HAD BEGUN REPAIR D HIS LUNGS. HE SUSEQUENTLY DIED IN THE HOSPITAL DUE TO LUNG HEMMORHAGING. OPERATIONS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DESCENDING THE STEEP MOUNTAINSIDE FROM ABOUT 500 FEE T ABOVE THE YARDING MACHINE. THE YARDING CABLE RAN FROM THE 90 FEET HIGH YARDING TOWER UP TO EMPLOYEE #1'S LOCATION. EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED A FORKED STICK OVER THE CABLE, GRASPED THE STICK'S FORKS IN BOTH HANDS AND SLID DOWN THE CABLE. WHEN EMP LOYEE #1 REACHED A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (AT ABOUT 40 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND) HE PAN ICKED AND LET GO OF THE STICK. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL FROM APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET WITH A FORWARD SPEED OF ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN HE STRUCK THE GROUND, HE SUFFER ED MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES. THE ENDS OF SOME OF SOME OF THE BROKEN RIBS PENETRATE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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