OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204317
JAMES THISSELL
TIDEWATER, OR—
Event description
STRUCK AND CRUSHED BY ROLLING LOG
Investigation abstract
A PAIR OF LOGGERS, ONE MAN FELLING, THE OTHER BUCKING, CUT A TREE WHICH LANDED A ND THE MOVING LOG. HIS BOSS, WORKING ACROSS THE UNIT, ABOUT 800 FEET AWAY, SAW T HE LOG PASS OVER HIM. HE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED, BUT EMPLOYEE #1 DIED ON THE SCEN E BEFORE HELP ARRIVED. CROSS A SMALL RIDGE. THE TOP 30 FEET BROKE OFF AND LANDED IN A SHALLOW DRAW. THE BUCKER (EMPLOYEE NUMBER 1), AFTER HE HAD BUCKED THE MAIN TRUNK INTO LOGS, CROSS ED OVER THE RIDGE AND OUT OF SIGHT OF HIS PARTNER. HE THEN BEGAN BUCKING THE BRO KEN ENDS OF THE TOP. HE WAS LOCATED BELOW SOME ALREADY FELLED AND BUCKED LOGS (A N UNAVOIDABLE SITUATION IN THIS BUSINESS). THE LOGS WERE THOUGHT TO BE STABLE. H OWEVER, THE BROKEN TOP PROBABLY HAD MOVED SOME LOGS OUT OF THEIR STABLE POSITION S UPON IMPACT. WITHOUT WARNING, SOME LOGS SLID OR ROLLED DOWN THE HILL. ONE LOG ROLLED OVER EMPLOYEE NUMBER ONE AND CRUSHED HIM BETWEEN THE TOP HE WAS BUCKING A
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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