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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221532971

105585 - ZAJAC LOGGING LLC

Event
Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Hydraulic Line, Log, Log Loader, Logging, Sawmill, Struck By
NAICS
113310
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346469273
Employer profile
105585 - ZAJAC LOGGING LLC
Summary number
221532971
Report ID
0552700

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by log

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 a.m. on January 20, 2023, an employee was using a knuckleboom loader to lift and place timber on a portable sawmill that cut timber into 8-foot segments and then remove the segments and stack them. While operating the loader, a hydraulic hose that connected to the arm actuator broke off and caused the lifted timber to swing back into the cab and strike the employee. The employee died due to his injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 67 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    999

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