OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204325
HULL OAKES LUMBER CO
PHILOMATH, OR—
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY SNAGGED TREE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER WORKER WERE SETTING CHOKERS ON LOGS. WHEN FINISHED, THE #1'S POSITION. SIGNAL WAS GIVEN FOR THE LOGS TO BE YARDED IN BY A HIGH-LEAD LOGGING SYSTEM. A S MALL TREE AND A LOG WERE CHOKED AND READY TO BE YARDED TO THE LANDING. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT UPHILL AHEAD OF THE LOG AND TREE AND SIGNALLED FOR THE PROCESS TO BEGIN. AFTER ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE, THE LOG BECAME HUNG UP ON A STUMP OR OTHER PROJECT ION ON THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED THE TREE TO ARC UPWARDS AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1. H E WAS FATALLY INJURED. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HAD SIX MONTHS EXP ERIENCE WITH THE HIGH-LEAD LOGGING EQUIPMENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THIS A MOUNT OF EXPERIENCE WAS MINIMAL FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH EMPLOYEE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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