Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302873120 - Eddie Carpenters Logging

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh

Inspection Nr: 302873120

Report ID: 0453710

Date Opened: 10/21/1999

Site Address:
Eddie Carpenters Logging
Route 2 Box 19-A
Wadesboro, NC 28170

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/08/1999

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis: L:Logging, S:Tree Felling

Case Closed: 11/16/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100352426

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200351161

Event: 10/10/1999

Employee killed when caught in logging machine

Employee #1 was inspecting a Hydro-Ax logging machine, which had recently undergone welding repairs to its frame, to check why the claw arm of the feller-buncher shear attachment would not close. He stepped inside the swing radius of the claw arm and then requested that a coworker activate the switch again because it had closed only halfway the first time. This time the claw arm closed immediately, crushing Employee #1's head. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, REPAIR, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FELLER-BUNCHER, LOGGING, MECH MALFUNCTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302873120			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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