Abstract: Employee #1, a loader operator at a sawmill and remanufacturing plant, was helping the bucksaw man keep some 6 foot logs straight on the log deck. A log got crossways at the infeed, so Employee #1 went out on the log deck and tried to straighten the log using a pickroon. The pickroon came out while Employee #1 was pulling, and he fell backward to a platform below, landing on his head and shoulder. The log deck was 4 feet above the platform and had a 20 inch wall, over which Employee #1 fell. He sustained a fracture to his skull. The employer was cited for not having a guardrail at the location of the fall.