OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539472

CONIFER LOGGING

SEELEY LAKE, MT— 1984-09-26T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, SAWYER, BOULDER, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, LOGGING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #678904
Employer profile: CONIFER LOGGING
Summary number: 14539472
Report ID: 830100

Event description

A BOULDER ROLLED DOWN A HILL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE

Investigation abstract

AFTER LUNCH WORKERS WERE PROCEEDING TO THEIR ASSIGNED WORK AREAS. EMPLOYEE #1, A SAWYER, WENT TO THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF THE D-6 SKIDDER. THE D-6 ROLLED OUT A BOUL DER APPROXIMATELY ONE CUBIC YARD IN SIZE (WEIGHING ABOUT 3,000 POUNDS) WHICH ROL LED DOWN THE STEEP GRADE (ABOUT 45%), STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHING HIS HEAD .

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
12

Occupation code
999

Human factor
8

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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