OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #518092
BOZARTH LOGGING, INCORPORATED
WILLITS, CA·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between two logs
Investigation abstract
On June 11, 1988, Employee #1 felled four redwood trees. The first three trees f ell on a road on a hill, and the fourth tree fell approximately 30 ft downslope from them. After bucking the first three trees, Employee #1 assumed that the log s were secured against two 5 in. to 6 in. diameter oak stubs. While he was bucki ng the fourth tree, the oak stubs apparently gave way and two of the previously bucked trees rolled downhill. Employee #1 tried to escape but suffered fatal abd ominal and chest injuries when he was crushed between the two logs.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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