OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #710079
CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Event description
Employee crushed to death by rolling root wad
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was helping a friend load a log that he had purchased from the USFS. When the log was pulled to the road by a pickup winch a large root rolled down the steep, brushy hills. The root wad rolled sideways and crushed Employee #1 to death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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