OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #765545
FRACTURE,HEAD,LOG,TRUCK,LOGGER,STRUCK BY,FOOT
Event description
ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED AND ONE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY LOG
Investigation abstract
Two employees were preparing to unload a truck containing 20 pine logs. Employee #2 unbuckled the front chain and went underneath the truck. Employee #1 unbuckl ed the chain securing the load at the rear of the truck bed. When Employee #1 un buckled this chain, a log fell from the top of the stack, striking Employee #1 i n the head and killing him. As Employee #2 was coming from underneath the truck, he was struck by the same log and suffered a fractured foot. He was treated but not hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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