OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206338
WEYERHAEUSER CO
DELWOOD, OR—
Event description
STRUCK BY LOG WHICH FELL FROM LOGGING TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 2, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 AM, EMPLOYEE #1, DRIVER OF A WEYERHAUSER 5 FEET, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO T HE HOSPITAL, BUT WAS PROUNOUCED DEAD UPON ARRIVAL. LOGGING TRUCK #6081, HAD HIS TRUCK LOADED AND READY TO BE SECURED BY WRAPPERS. H E UNCOILED THE WRAPPERS AND PLACED THEM IN THE GRAPPLES SO THAT THEY COULD BE HO ISTED OVER THE LOAD BY A CRANE. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN STOOD BY THE CRANE AND GAVE THE CRANE OPERATOR THE SIGN TO LIFT THE WRAPPERS OVER THE LOAD OF LOGS. THE CRANE L IFTED THE WRAPPERS OVER HIS LOADED TRUCK, SWINGING TO THE RIGHT. AFTER THE CRANE SWUNG TO THE RIGHT, EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED TO THE TRUCK TRAILER TO MOVE THE WRAPPER S INTO PLACE. THE CRANE UNEXPECTEDLY SWUNG BACK TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE TAG LIN E TO STRIKE THE TOP LOG AND KNOCK IT OFF THE TRUCK. THE LOG FELL APPROXIMATELY 1
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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