Logger dies after fall from skidder to tree stump

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• Corporate Authors:
  Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE) ; Wisconsin. Division of Public Health. Bureau of Occupational Health
• Description:
  A logger (the victim) died after he apparently fell while climbing out of a log skidder, sustaining fatal chest injuries upon impact with a tree stump. The victim was working with another logger who was cutting trees while the victim used the skidder to drag logs to a landing area. The compartment flooring and step/rung of the skidder had shiny metal surfaces where the paint coating had worn away. The field where the incident occurred had tree stumps and cut branches, and an uneven soil surface. Shortly after the victim and co-worker returned from a break, the victim was found unresponsive by the co-worker, lying face down on a pile of logs near the log skidder. There were no witnesses to the incident. He was transported by air ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The FACE investigator concluded that, in order to prevent similar occurrences, the employer should: 1. Ensure that work surfaces (e.g. equipment flooring and steps) have slip-resistant finishes. 2. Conduct a jobsite survey to evaluate equipment and work processes and remove or control safety hazards. 3. Develop and implement a written safety program that provides for training employees in hazard recognition and control.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Forestry Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Forestry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Logging-workers OSHA Region 5 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Logging
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE93WI197
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wisconsin ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028045
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-105211
• 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 93WI197, 1994 Mar ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c6380b69fbd99d0548a5709db45b77d8fa044947d1a9c9b94611fa201dbd5c08e03d6a3be77f9987d4bb608a19af16ef4896abc96caa03f694dc8871542e362b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166940/cdc_166940_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 17.86 KB ]