Abstract: Employee #1, a trimmer, was assisting a crew loading a log truck by cutting the knots off the logs before they were loaded. The loader operator brought out a log that needed trimming, and Employee #1 went to work on the log, which was laying on the ground. The loader operator then came along with another log and dropped it before he saw Employee #1, who was struck by the falling log and killed. Apparently, the boom of the loader created a blind spot that concealed Employee #1. Company rules state that the set hand (Employee #1, in this case) make eye contact with the operator and wait for a hand signal before entering the radius of the loader boom.