Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202490678 - Errant Log Fractures Logging Employee's Ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 202490678 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/21/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125826560	08/24/2010	2411	113310	Steve Will'S Trucking & Logging Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working for a logging contractor as a choker setter on a yarder. Chokers were set on the ends of logs so that they could be moved up the hillside to the landing at the yarder. Employee #1 had his back to the load of logs ("a turn") being moved up to the yarder, when the turn hit a stump. One of the logs upended and turned sideways, striking Employee #1 on the back. Employee #1 sustained three fractured ribs. He was not paying attention to the turn going in, and he was too close to the turn as it was moving.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOG, BACK, CHOKER SETTER, LOGGER, RIB, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125826560			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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