Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14528152 - Employee killed when crushed by loaded log truck

Accident Summary Nr: 14528152 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 06/12/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101390078	06/14/1990	2411	0	Brooks Logging Co., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101390094	06/14/1990	4212	0	Brooks Transport Co., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101390086	06/14/1990	2411	0	Perkins Logging Co.

Abstract: On June 12, 1990, a tractor-trailer truck was loaded with tree length hardwood pulpwood logs. The truck had been loaded in a clear area and had been moved south to a newly-cleared proposed loading area. When the truck stopped, Employee #1, the chain saw operator, began trimming limbs on the west side of the trailer. He finished that side and came around the east side, but before he could finish, the truck driver was asked to move forward to make room for the knuckle-boom loader to be repositioned. The truck driver got back in the truck and prepared to move farther south. Employee #1 stepped up on a running board attached to the truck's diesel tank and grabbed a handle mounted just behind the driver's door to ride forward with the truck. He apparently lost his grip or footing when the truck moved forward, fell beneath the dual wheels, and was crushed to death.

Keywords: RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CRUSHED, FALL, TRACTOR TRAILER, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101390078	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	101390094			Occupation Not Listed
3	101390086			Occupation Not Listed

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