OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569289
HEAD,YARDING,BRAKE,WORK RULES,SLIP,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CHOKER SETTER,CRUSHED,FALLING OBJECT,LOGGING
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling carriage
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:20 a.m. on March 12, 1990, Employee #1 began his first day as a choker setter for a company. Old growth timber was being yarded on a 60 to 70 percent slope with limited deflection. There was 6 to 8 in. of snow on the grou nd. To get the chokers off the ground, the rigging slinger tightlined the skylin e on the Berger MK II yarder, which was equipped with a motorized carriage on a standing skyline system. Employee #1 was apparently walking under the carriage w hen the skyline brake slipped slightly. The carriage dropped approximately 15 to 20 ft, crushing Employee #1. He suffered traumatic head injuries and was pronou nced dead at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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