Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for West Virginia: Logging Company Owner Dies After Being Struck by Log That Fell From Logging Truck in West Virginia, FACE-99-WV-020.

摘要

On April 24, 1999, a 46-year-old male co-owner of a logging company (the victim) died of injuries sustained when he was struck and pinned to the ground by a log which had fallen from a loaded log truck. At 8:00 a.m., the victim began assisting his partner who was loading the truck using a knuckle boom loader. The partner left the loader and accessed the truck's cab. He then asked the victim to direct him as he backed the loaded truck out of the loading zone. The fully loaded truck which was moved prior to securing the load, was being relocated to make room for an empty truck, under contract waiting to be loaded. As the victim's partner was parking the truck, the victim approached the truck to begin securing the load. He approached one of the binding straps located on the side of the truck. As he did, a log rolled off of the truck pinning him to the ground. An individual who accompanied the empty truck's driver to the site was standing on the landing and witnessed the incident. The bystander ran to the victim's partner to inform him of the incident. The partner ran to the victim. It was reported the partner removed the log from the victim's body by hand. The empty truck's driver ran to the residence of the land owner and called 911. EMS responded, and he was taken to local hospital and pronounced dead at 9:35 a.m.