Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201360302 - Employee killed when crushed by falling log

Accident Summary Nr: 201360302 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 04/30/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301031027	05/01/1997	2411	0	Thomas Fowler Trucking, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 5:00 p.m. on April 30, 1997, Employee #1 was binding a load of logs to his log truck's trailer. The truck was equipped with two wire rope binders, one near the front and the other near the rear of the trailer. Employee #1 normally bound a load at the front first; on this occasion, however, he bound the load from the rear of the trailer first. As he did so, the force being applied caused the end of one of the logs to be lifted over the front stanchion of the trailer and fall to the ground. The log struck Employee #1 on the back, causing his head to strike the metal frame of the trailer. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, LOG, STRUCK AGAINST, TRAILER TRUCK, LOG TRUCK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301031027			Fatality	Concussion	Truck drivers, heavy

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