OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568588
WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STEEP GRADE,FALL,LOGGING,COMMUNICATION
Event description
Employee hospitalized after falling 60 ft
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had stopped the drop line carriage on the first turn of the day and the dropline transmitter or the yarder transmitter to work. Employee #1 could no longer hang on and fell approximately 60 ft, glancing off a small alder tree an d landing on the ground, suffering multiple injuries for which he was hospitaliz ed. grabbed the chokers. Because he was on a very steep side hill, Employee #1 swung out and away from the hillside, losing contact with the ground. He did not know that when the stop whistle for the dropline had been given, the dropline was ac tually activated to begin pulling toward the skycar. When Employee #1 swung back to where he had originally grabbed the chokers, he could no longer touch the gr ound. Hanging on with both hands, Employee #1 was unable to signal to have the d ropline lowered. A coworker tried using his radio transmitter to lower the dropl ine and bring Employee #1 safely back to the ground but he could not get either
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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