Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14535488 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY LOG ROLLING DOWN COLD DECK

Accident Summary Nr: 14535488 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 05/14/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
646000	05/15/1986	2411	0	Needles Eye

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED ONTO A COLD DECK TO REMOVE LIMBS FROM A LOG, USING A CHAIN SAW. THE SAW BLADE BECAME PINCHED IN A LIMB, AND, WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE IT, HE DISLODGED ANOTHER LOG ABOVE HIM. THE DISLODGED LOG ROLLED DOWN THE COLD DECK AND STRUCK AND KILLED EMPLOYEE #1.

Keywords: LOG, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, TREE TRIMMING, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	646000			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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