OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14248066
WRIGHT LOGGING CO
CLYMER, PA—
Event description
STRUCK BY CHAIN SAW BLADE WHICH HAD KICKED BACK
Investigation abstract
DECEASED WAS FELLING TREES. HIS CHAIN SAW KICKED BACK AND SEVERED HIS CAROTID AR TERY. VICTIM TRIED TO GO FOR HELP BUT COLLASPED AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 120 FEET F ROM AREA WHERE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. HE WAS FOUND BY HIS FATHER AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER BY THE CORONER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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