OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550347
GRAHAM LUMBER COMPANY INC
LINDEN, TN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING LOG
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 INTENDED TO UNLOAD A LOAD OF LOGS FROM A 1978 FORD TRUCK. HE WAS STA NDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK. WHEN HE RELEASED THE CHAIN SECURING THE LO GS, THE TOP LOG, 8 1/2 FEET LONG AND 13 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHING ABOUT 40 0 POUNDS, FELL OFF THE LOAD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED BROKEN LEGS AND BROKEN RIBS. HE DIED ABOUT 2 HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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