OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539266
WESTFALL LOGGING INC
LOHO, MT—
Event description
STRUCK BY JILLPOKE
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:10 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SKIDDING LOGS W ITH A 518 CAT RUBBER-TIRED SKIDDER. THIS WAS HIS THIRD TRIP INTO THE CLEAR CUT A REA AFTER LOGS. ON THE WAY DOWN WITH THE LOGS THE SKIDDER HIT A JILLPOKE, WHICH CAME THROUGH THE SCREEN MESH AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH. THE JILLPOKE SPLIT AN D THE SHARP END ENTERED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE, GOING THROUGH HIS HEAD AND COMI NG OUT OVER HIS RIGHT EAR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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