Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200624856 - Log Strikes Employee's Chest, Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200624856 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 07/24/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312419963	07/25/2008	1622	237310	Highways Inc

Abstract: On July 24, 2008, Employee #1, a supervisor, and other workers were snaking out logs with a front end loader and chain on a Highway 840 construction site. Employee #1 was measuring logs to be cut. When the log was cut, a chain was hooked to it. When the operator pulled the log out with the front end loader, it hit a stump, swung up, and struck Employee #1 in the chest. The log knocked Employee #1 down and then landed on top of him. Employee #1's chest was crushed. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital by life flight. He died the next morning at approximately 3:30 a.m.

Keywords: CHAIN, CHEST, HIGHWAY, LOG, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALL, LOADER, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312419963			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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