OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #711978
FRACTURE,ABDOMEN,CPR,UNSECURED,LOG,WORK RULES,LOAD SHIFT,STRUCK BY,LOGGING,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling log
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 parked his log truck at a log barricade in the RSG log yard and bega eath was abdominal injuries with multiple fractures. n removing his wrappers. As he was removing the last wrapper, a 12.75-ft log fel l from the top of the load, striking him in the lower left flank area and knocki ng him to the ground. An equipment operator saw the employee lying under his tru ck and called for help. He then ran over to the employee, who was conscious and trying to get up. Paramedics transferred him to an ambulance and initiated advan ced life support. While awaiting the arrival of a Life Flight helicopter, Employ ee #1 went into cardio-respiratory arrest. Resuscitative efforts were applied at the scene without success, and the employee was pronounced dead. The cause of d
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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