Fatal Injuries Caused by Logs Rolling off Trucks: Kentucky 1994–1998

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• Personal Author:
  Scheerer AL ; Struttmann TW
• Description:
  Background: logging is one of the most hazardous occupations and fatality rates are consistently among the highest of all industries. A review of fatalities caused by logs rolling off trucks is presented. Methods: the Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project is a statewide surveillance system for occupational fatalities. Investigations are conducted on selected injuries with an emphasis on prevention strategy development. Logging was an area of high priority for case investigation. Results: during 1994-1998, we identified seven incidents in which a worker was killed by a log rolling off a truck at a sawmill, accounting for 15% of the 45 deaths related to logging activities. These cases were reviewed to identify similar characteristics and risk factors. Conclusions: investigations led to recommendations for behavioral, administrative, and engineering controls. Potential interventions include limiting load height on trucks, installing unloading cages at sawmills and prohibiting overloaded trucks on public roadways. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Engineering Forestry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Administration Agricultural-workers Control-equipment Control-methods Engineering-controls Equipment-design Equipment-reliability Forestry-workers Logging-workers Sawmill-workers Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Truck-drivers Trucking

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  203-208
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033513
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2001 Feb; 39(2):203-208
• Contact Point Address:
  Timothy William Struttmann, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, Occupational Injury Prevention Program, Lexington, Kentucky 40504-2915
• Email:
  tstruttm@pop.uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c22ea559811fbab2b0189367a10c46b5b6ce1f395502ab2bcd5a7d8af7af32a4844447eb5c356d30598f8b152cda9979bc05cc20ff23912ec5bdaa678230e45
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189053/cdc_189053_DS1.pdf
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