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Hazard Alerts by Year - 1988
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Logging Fatal -- Faller Keywords: faller, cut-up tree, fell unexpectedly, deflect, struck by Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 27-88  View Print PDF (244 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Skidder operator Keywords: log, struck, internal injuries, choker line, severed foot, working alone Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 26-88 View Print PDF (215 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Operator-feller buncher Keywords: faller-buncher machine, hill, rolled, no seat belts, fatal head injuries Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 25-88 View Print PDF (195 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Log truck driver Keywords: dump man, bundle wire, binder cinches, cedar chunk, striking, fatal injuries Industries: Forestry, trucking Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 24-88 View Print PDF (229 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Excavator operator Keywords: hydraulic excavator, fill area, gave way, fatal head injuries Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 23-88 View Print PDF (193 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Chaser Keywords: chaser, unstable pile, rolled, fatal injuries, crushed by Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 22-88 View Print PDF (202 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Chaser Keywords: chaser, front-end loader, fir log, unstable pile, fatally crushing Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 21-88 View Print PDF (179 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Skidder operator Keywords: skidder, line log loader, powerline contact, energized, electrocution Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 20-88 View Print PDF (167 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Faller Keywords: jackpot, pusher tree, limb-tied, sucker, struck Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 19-88 View Print PDF (179 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Landing bucker Keywords: landing bucker, winch deck, hit by, working too close Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 18-88 View Print PDF (255 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Faller Keywords: undercut, standing timber, fir snag, fell, struck Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 17-88 View Print PDF (141 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Rigging slinger Keywords: rigging slinger, cross log, swing down, striking, not in the clear Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 16-88 View Print PDF (122 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Landing bucker Keywords: boom stick, fell off, load transporter, striking, landing bucker Industries: Forestry, trucking Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 15-88 View Print PDF (257 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Excavator operator Keywords: hydraulic excavator, grade, thrown out, fatal injuries Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 14-88 View Print PDF (295 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Rigging slinger Keywords: slope, rigging slinger, not in the clear, upending log, struck by, fatal injuries Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 13-88 View Print PDF (143 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Log truck driver Keywords: logging truck, lost control, logs, shifted forward, crushing Industries: Forestry, trucking Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 12-88 View Print PDF (242 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Skidder operator Keywords: pusher tree, cut-up trees, fell, striking, skidder operator Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 10-88 View Print PDF (191 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Faller Keywords: faller, bucking, unstable log, slope, rolled down, crushing Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 9-88 View Print PDF (229 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Helicopter hook tender Keywords: hooktender, helicopter, prop wash, dislodged, cedar top, fatal head injuries Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 8-88 View Print PDF (236 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Yarding engineer Keywords: spar operator, haulback drum, slipped, caught in, spooling Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 7-88 View Print PDF (185 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Excavator operator Keywords: blast, column of rock, excavator, boulder, crushed, cab Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 6-88 View Print PDF (248 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Skidder operator Keywords: skidder, slope, rolled down, fatal neck injuries Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 5-88 View Print PDF (241 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Loader operator Keywords: hung up log, loader, tipped over, fatal crushing injuries Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 4-88 View Print PDF (209 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Skidder operator Keywords: skidder operator, thrown out, rollover, ROP, crushed by, no seat belts Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 3-88 View Print PDF (237 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Hooktender Keywords: landing, snow, runaway log, stump, hemlock, cull, crushed Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 2-88 View Print PDF (120 KB) Send |
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Logging Fatal -- Faller Keywords: faller, standing timber, wedge, butt, struck by Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 1-88 View Print PDF (201 KB) Send |
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Logging Non-fatal -- Faller Keywords: cut-up trees, no wedges, fell backwards, struck, head Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 2A-88 View Print PDF (159 KB) Send |
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Logging Non-fatal -- Faller Keywords: faller, adjacent live trees, pine snag, fall, striking, head Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 1A-88 View Print PDF (215 KB) Send |
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Caution! Flammable solvents! Keywords: apprentice glazier, serious burns, methanol, proper container, work procedures Industries: Other Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 1488 View Print PDF (248 KB) Send |
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Improper planking causes injury Keywords: worker, fell through, scaffold, extensive bruising Industries: Construction Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 1388 View Print PDF (266 KB) Send |
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Lockout before entry! Keywords: lodged stick, tray sorter, pinned between, fatal injuries, lockout Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 1288 View Print PDF (186 KB) Send |
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Forklift operator has restricted vision Keywords: forklift operator, poor visibility, drive defensively, walk defensively Industries: Other Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 1188 View Print PDF (177 KB) Send |
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Edger kickback fatality -- Poor condition of kickback fingers Keywords: edger, kickback fingers, worn condition, 2 x 4, impaled, millwright-carpenter Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 1088 View Print PDF (114 KB) Send |
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Seafood harvesting diver drowns Keywords: seafood harvesting, working alone, diver, low on air, drowned Industries: Diving Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0988 View Print PDF (213 KB) Send |
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Wear proper footwear around chemicals Keywords: caustic line, chemical, burns, proper footwear, leather Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0788 View Print PDF (210 KB) Send |
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Working near power lines Keywords: power lines, minimum distances, energized conductor Industries: Other Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0688 View Print PDF (108 KB) Send |
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Guard hand-fed platen presses Keywords: platen presses, crushing, amputation, guards, brakes Industries: Manufacturing Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0588 View Print PDF (646 KB) Send |
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Restraining equipment saves worker's life! Keywords: chipper operator, chipper infeed conveyor, safety belt, life-line Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0488 View Print PDF (196 KB) Send |
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Secure ladders against movement! Keywords: ladders, slid sideways, fall from elevation, severe head injuries Industries: Construction Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0388 View Print PDF (142 KB) Send |
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Maintenance work -- Use a restraining device on J-bar sorters! Keywords: lockout, jammed J-bar bin, planks, falling, striking, restraining devices Industries: Other Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0288 View Print PDF (169 KB) Send |
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Irrigation pipe movement -- Check for overhead power lines! Keywords: orchard worker, metal irrigation pipe, overhead power line, electrocuted Industries: Agriculture Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0188 View Print PDF (264 KB) Send |
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