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Accident Summary Nr: 14257422 - CRUSHED BETWEEN TRUCK AND FELLER-BUNCHER

Accident Summary Nr: 14257422 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 08/09/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15004526	08/14/1984	2411	0	Hinton Logging Company

Abstract: ON AUGUST 9, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 6 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS GREASING A FELLER-BUNCHER WHICH HE HAD BEEN USING DURING THE DAY AT THE LOGGING SITE. HE HAD PARKED THE FELLER-BUNCHER IN FRONT OF A LOGGING TRUCK WHICH HAD BEEN PARTIALLY LOADED. EMPLOYEE #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 CRUSHED BETWEEN THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE TRUCK AND THE TREE CUTTING APPARATUS ON THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE FELLER-BUNCHER. MASSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES AND BLEEDING WERE THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, BRAKE, CRUSHED, FELLER-BUNCHER, LOG TRUCK, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15004526			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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