Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 789735 - Employee dies when struck by yarder cab lid

Accident Summary Nr: 789735 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 11/03/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115777427	11/04/1993	2411	0	Huffman & Wright Logging Inc

Abstract: At about 12:40 p.m. on November 3, 1993, at Township 26 South Range 12 West Section near Coos Bay, OR, Employee #1, a Washington 188 swing yarder operator, was killed. He was sitting backward in the yarder's seat in order to operate the outrigger controls that are located behind the seat. The haulback control was somehow bumped into operating position. The haulback pulled the opened cab lid over onto the employee's head, pinning him between the cab and the yarder. Employee #1 died from the impact.

Keywords: YARDING, OUTRIGGER, PINNED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115777427			Fatality	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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