Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111580262 - Weyerhaeuser Timber Co

Inspection Information - Office: Dosh Tumwater Service Location, Tumwater, Wa

Inspection Nr: 111580262

Report ID: 1055340

Date Opened: 09/05/1990

Site Address:
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co
15 Miles Se Of Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis, WA 98537

Mailing Address:
Po Box 1000, Cosmopolis, WA 98537

Union Status: Union

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/12/1990

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/12/1990

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361224066

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170079008

Event: 09/05/1990

Employee buried and killed by tree stump

Employee #1, a hook tender, was engaged in his normal logging procedures and had cabled a stump to be used as a tail hold. He was 10 ft behind and above on a hillside watching the anchor to make sure it was going to hold the load, when the stump pulled loose and uprooted. Either the earth beneath the hook tender's feet collapsed or the stump's long root caused the employee to fall into the stump's original place. The stump then came back into the hole and buried the employee. He died.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, COLLAPSE, FALL, UNSTABLE SOIL, BURIED, LOGGING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111580262			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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