Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132241.015 - Employee is killed when caught in unguarded drive shaft of y

Accident Summary Nr: 132241.015 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 01/06/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1509012.015	01/06/2021	2411	113310	317728224 - Riverside Logging Inc

Abstract: On January 6, 2021, an employee was investigating an issue concerning the brake drum near the main drive shaft of a TMY 70 Thunderbird Yarder when his clothing was caught in the drive shaft. The employee became entangled in the machinery and was killed.

Keywords: Brake, Caught In, Clothing, Drive Shaft, Drum, Entangled, Equipment Operator, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Logger, Logging, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Operating, Operator, Rotating Parts, Rotating Shaft, Shaft, Support Cable, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1509012.015	40	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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