OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257422
HINTON LOGGING COMPANY
CLINTON, NC—
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN TRUCK AND FELLER-BUNCHER
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 9, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 6 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS GREASING A FELLER-BUNC HER WHICH HE HAD BEEN USING DURING THE DAY AT THE LOGGING SITE. HE HAD PARKED TH E FELLER-BUNCHER IN FRONT OF A LOGGING TRUCK WHICH HAD BEEN PARTIALLY LOADED. EM PLOYEE #1 WAS SQUATTING BETWEEN THE TWO MACHINES IN ORDER TO GREASE A LOWER PART OF HIS FELLER-BUNCHER WHEN THE LOGGING TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CR USHED BETWEEN THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE TRUCK AND THE TREE CUTTING APPARATUS ON TH E FORWARD PORTION OF THE FELLER-BUNCHER. MASSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES AND BLEEDING WERE THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 494
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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