Truck Driver Killed When Struck by Log That Rolled off Truck During Loading Operation - Alaska: FACE 93-03

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  A truck driver was killed when the top log on one side of a trailer shifted and rolled off the trailer, striking him and fatally crushing his head and chest. The 49-year-old male truck driver was employed by a logging company. On the day of the accident, the driver began working with a log shovel/loader, performing their usual task of loading, and hauling logs. The shovel/loader had piled the logs so that they nearly reached the tops of the stakes at each corner of the trailer. The victim exited his truck cab, walked around the front of the truck to the trailers forward right side and began laying out the first of two binders. The load shifted, and then a log 40 feet long, 20 inches in diameter at the base, fell from the truck, striking the victim and killing him. It was recommended that log truck drivers and other workers stay clear of log loading operations until loads are stabilized, that employers ensure that all logging employees receive adequate training in safe work procedures, that employers conduct periodic inspections to ensure that workers follow company safety procedures, and that manufacturers and employers should consider manufacturing and/or retrofitting log trucks with retention stakes high enough to adequately secure anticipated log loads.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Forestry
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • FACE-93-03
  • OSHA Region 10
  • Accident-analysis
  • Safety-practices
  • Logging-workers
  • Lumber-industry-workers
  • Truck-drivers
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Logging ; Energy Production
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9303
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  1993
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00213099
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-188985
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  1992/11/07
• Resource Number:
  FACE 93-03
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167527/cdc_167527_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 327.71 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d89c1bab53ed996aebc81c050edf16f01096e8c96c8a52d9947468325089b34d589838969bc6ab2ea3d13576127ba051d135b67c6a8754d7b0c242903a12954d