OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206866
HUFFMAN & WRIGHT & LOGGING INC
TILLER, OR—
Event description
EMPLOYEE PINNED BETWEEN LOGGING WIRE AND TAKEUP DRUM
Investigation abstract
A HOFFMAN AND WRIGHT LOGGING CREW WAS UPENDING THE HAULBACK LINE. THE HAULBACK L INES HAD BEEN REVERSED AND THE EMPLOYEES WERE RUNNING A SECTION OF HAYWIRE FROM THE HAULBACK DRUM. EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED FROM THE GUYLINE HOIST DECK TO THE MAINLIN E DRUM. HE BENT OVER AND UNHOOKED THE HAYWIRE FROM THE HAULBACK DRUM. AS HE WAS STANDING ON THE DRUM, IT ROTATED APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF A REVOLUTION, PINNIN G HIM BETWEEN THE MAINLINE AND ITS DRUM. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF LOSS OF BLOOD DUE T O A TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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