Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14291447 - EMPLOYEE'S HEAD CRUSHED IN LOG LIFT'S PINCH POINT

Accident Summary Nr: 14291447 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 08/02/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17373200	08/04/1986	2421	0	Goad Lumber Company, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A 1986 RUBBER-TIRED INDUSTRIAL LOG LIFT MACHINE, SERIAL NO. 625490. THE RIGHT-HAND PROTECTIVE SCREEN WAS MISSING. EMPLOYEE #1, WITHOUT THINKING, STUCK HIS HEAD OUTSIDE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAB WHILE HE WAS RAISING THE FORKS. HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE LIFT FRAME AND THE RAISING ARM. HE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: HEAD, LOG LOADER, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, LOGGING, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17373200			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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