Logger killed by 41-foot pole sliding down steep hill

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE) ; Oregon Health & Science University. Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
• Description:
  On March 21, 2006, a 21-year-old logger, working as a choker setter in a yarding operation, was killed by a pole sliding down the hillside from above. The rigging crew had just hooked a turn of logs to a skyline cable, and moved to a location in the clear of the turn as it moved to the landing. While the turn was heading uphill, a narrow 41-foot-long pole with a sharp end came sliding downhill toward the crew. The pole narrowly missed the rigging slinger. The choker setter was struck and impaled by the pole, and was carried about 27 feet downhill. The victim died shortly following the incident. CAUSE OF DEATH: Massive abdominal injury RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. On hillsides, stay alert for loose objects. 2. Make sure the landing area is large enough to keep logs from rolling or sliding back down the hill. 3. Make sure that workers at the landing site can communicate with the crew on the ground. 4. Training and supervision is necessary for inexperienced personnel working in the woods.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Forestry Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Author Keywords: Logging Forestry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Logging-workers OSHA Region 10 Safety-education Training Traumatic-injuries Work-operations

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Logging
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE06OR009
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045587
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2015-102759
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 06OR009, 2007 Oct ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS) ; 113310 - Logging - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2002/09/01
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7994e420b922e02a177f7ff6a6631cf281acdda2770dc492e4cca93f52e4360d8d7bb8af228e1315d3bd398c1b92d578ae8c2a9ec6fc492cf0fce75fc61950b4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165125/cdc_165125_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 83.26 KB ]