Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14305577 - Log truck driver killed when struck by falling log

Accident Summary Nr: 14305577 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 08/17/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15267578	08/17/1987	2411	0	Sullivan, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:10 a.m. on August 17, 1987, Employee #1, a logging truck driver, got out of his logging truck and walked around the front while the truck was being loaded. He started dragging his wrappers along one side of the partially loaded truck while the loader operator, who was not aware that the driver had dismounted, was adjusting the top logs. These logs were several inches above the front bunk stakes and a 23 ft long spruce log, 10 in. in diameter at its small end, rolled off the truck. It fell about 5 ft, striking Employee #1 and killing him instantly.

Keywords: LOG, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, LOG TRUCK, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING, COMMUNICATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15267578			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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