OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #712950
RICHARD T DAGE & GEORGE M SANDERS
GLIDE, OR·
Event description
Two employees injured when struck by swinging log
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on March 13, 1987, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker tal. At last report, he was still in critical condition. Employee #2 was taken t o Community Hospital with bruises and contusions to his head and later released. had just completed hooking a turn of three logs, one of which was approximately 53 ft 8 in. long. The three employees proceeded to a point approximately 39 ft 8 in. to the side of the turn and in front of a rock bluff. The coworker crouche d down, while Employees #1 and #2 remained standing. Employee #2 gave the go-ahe ad signal to send in the turn. At this time, the long log, which was butted up a gainst a fir stump, swung around and downhill, striking Employees #1 and #2. The Glide Fire Department removed the two employees from the site. Employee #1 sust ained a concussion and was dispatched by Bohema helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospi
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 494
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 494
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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