Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103597.015 - Employee is killed when thrown from cable yarder rigging

Accident Summary Nr: 103597.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/08/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1262734.015	09/09/2017		113310	Barnett Logging, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on September 8, 2017, an employee and two others were being pulled up a steep slope on the rigging of a cable yarding skyline. The employees were pulled off the ground by a sudden movement of the cable yarding skyline carriage. The fatally injured employee did not let go and was carried 75-100 feet high and then flung to the ground. The employee had fractures and internal organ damage resulting in fatal injuries.

Keywords: Fall, Rigging, Yarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1262734.015	31	M	Fatality

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