OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #788133
WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,FALL,LOGGING
Event description
Employee killed, one injured in fall from airborne chokers
Investigation abstract
For help in climbing a steep hill, Employees #1 and #2 held onto the chokers of a gravity carriage. The employees were inadvertently lifted into the air by a ra ising skyline and fell off. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 was hospitalized .
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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