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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221441066

151257 - WILDERNESS N.C., INC.

Event
Caught Between, Loader, Pinned, Wood
NAICS
321999
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345803639
Employer profile
151257 - WILDERNESS N.C., INC.
Summary number
221441066
Report ID
0453720

Event description

Employee is killed when pinned between stacks of wood

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 a.m. on February 24, 2022, an employee, a lift operator, was pinned between a stack of wood in a kiln and a load of stacked wood on the front end of a loader. He was in the process of pulling inventory tags, when the loader moved that he had been driving moments before. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    999

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