Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 765545 - ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED AND ONE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY LOG

Accident Summary Nr: 765545 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 02/06/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101396562	02/07/1990	5099	0	K. C. Wood Industries, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101396588	02/07/1990	5099	0	Lonnie Ball

Abstract: Two employees were preparing to unload a truck containing 20 pine logs. Employee #2 unbuckled the front chain and went underneath the truck. Employee #1 unbuckled the chain securing the load at the rear of the truck bed. When Employee #1 unbuckled this chain, a log fell from the top of the stack, striking Employee #1 in the head and killing him. As Employee #2 was coming from underneath the truck, he was struck by the same log and suffered a fractured foot. He was treated but not hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, LOG, TRUCK, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101396562			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Timber cutting and logging occupations
2	101396588			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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