Truck driver crushed by front-end loader in mill yard

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE) ; Oregon Health & Science University. Oregon Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET)
• Description:
  On September 23, 2004, a 50-year-old log truck driver was killed in a mill yard when he was crushed against his load of logs by a front-end loader. The log truck was being unloaded at 6:35 a.m., shortly after the mill yard opened. The loader operator assumed the driver was in the cab of his truck, because he did not see him, and it appeared the middle two wrappers on the load had been removed already. According to standard procedure, the loader moved forward to secure the load of logs to allow the driver to safely remove the last two wrappers. A second loader operator working in the yard at the time saw a hard hat on the ground near the truck, and radioed to the first operator to back away. The victim was found dead at the scene, having been crushed between the loader and the load of logs. This stock photo shows the general position of the log truck driver in this incident as a front-end loader at the mill yard approached the load. Cause of death: Traumatic asphyxiation. Recommendations: 1. Eye contact and a designated "ready" signal must be established between a mobile machinery operator and a truck driver working together to load or unload a truck. 2. Regular safety training and retraining should occur in a hazardous work environment. 3. A site hazard assessment should include a documented job safety analysis and disciplinary process.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Forestry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Forestry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Logging-workers Machine-operators OSHA Region 10 Safety-education Safety-equipment Training Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers Work-operations

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Logging ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE04OR021
• 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:20031526
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-106616
• 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 04OR021, 2006 Nov ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Department of Human Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (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:bdc468a776b9e4edfa6494fa26789d25f065a17af9f420ecb11cfd4fb114cd6615c6e3097b897331e4f6051b912f9bfb281367485de1f3755872d77631567aa0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166288/cdc_166288_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 138.04 KB ]