Log Rolls off Truck at Sawmill Killing Employee

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• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  In December 1998, a 31-year-old male (the victim) sawmill employee was killed when struck by a log that rolled off the truck as he was preparing it to be unloaded. The victim had just returned to the sawmill with a load of poplar logs that were stacked well above the standards. Three straps had been placed around the load to keep the logs in place. Although he was waiting in line for his truck to be unloaded, he exited the truck and began releasing the straps. He loosened the straps on the driver side and then went to the passenger side to remove them. As he neared the passenger side door, he was struck by a falling log. The sound of the fallen log alerted the truck driver in front of him. He got out of his truck and saw the victim pinned under a log. He initiated the call to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at 9:10 a.m. and they arrived at 9:12 a.m. The victim was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead by the county coroner. In order to prevent similar incidents from occurring, FACE investigators recommend: 1. The height of the logs should not exceed the height of the standards on the truck
  
  2. Binders on logs should not be released prior to securing with an unloading device [1910.265(d)(i)(b)]
  
  3. Binders should be released only from the side on which the unloader operates except when the person making the release is using a remote control device or is protected by racks [1910.265(d)(i)(c)]
  
  4. Written policies should be in place regarding unloading procedures for loggers at the mill, and the policies should be enforced by the mill owners
  
  and, 5. Loggers should consider wearing head protection (hard hat) to protect against head injuries from falling objects [1910.265(g)].
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 4 Safety-clothing Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Sawmill-workers Traumatic-injuries Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Other
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98KY103
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026630
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-100098
• 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 98KY103, 1999 May ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:40022c7bcfbe4065abdbc610b7a5d740d05778bfbe544ee03cf3028bf3469e18b67c3ca5f7f1d1aff6a8333fdecc2e96b6e2c33c9cdd197061efeba187f5778e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170048/cdc_170048_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 20.96 KB ]