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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #786582

CHEST,LOADING,HEAD,UNSECURED,LOG,LOG TRAILER,STRUCK BY,LOGGING

Event
CHEST,LOADING,HEAD,UNSECURED,LOG,LOG TRAILER,STRUCK BY,LOGGING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
786582
Report ID
1054114

Event description

Employee killed when struck by rolling log

Investigation abstract

While Employee #1, the owner, was standing next to the rear duals of the log tra iler, which was being loaded, a 35 foot long log rolled off the truck and traile r. Employee #1 was struck on the head and chest and died at the scene.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 73 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    39
    Occupation code
    494
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    2

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