Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200351161 - Employee killed when caught in logging machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200351161 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 10/10/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302873120	10/21/1999	2411	0	Eddie Carpenters Logging

Abstract: Employee #1 was inspecting a Hydro-Ax logging machine, which had recently undergone welding repairs to its frame, to check why the claw arm of the feller-buncher shear attachment would not close. He stepped inside the swing radius of the claw arm and then requested that a coworker activate the switch again because it had closed only halfway the first time. This time the claw arm closed immediately, crushing Employee #1's head. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, REPAIR, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FELLER-BUNCHER, LOGGING, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302873120			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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