Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115143.015 - Logger incurs multiple injuries while bucking tree

Accident Summary Nr: 115143.015 -- Report ID: 1032700 -- Event Date: 04/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1391342.015	04/04/2019		924120	Forest Service, Cottage Grove Rd

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on April 1, 2019, Employee # 1, a sawyer, was clearing a road by bucking through a jam of ten to fifteen 135 foot downed Douglas Fir trees. As Employee # 1 was trying to cut through the log, the tension released. The resulting force of the log impacted Employee # 1 and drove him to the ground. The remaining section of log landed on the employee. He was hospitalized for two or more days. He suffered shattered teeth, a collapsed lung, multiple fractured ribs, a broken clavicle, and a fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: Bucking, Face, Fracture, Log, Lung, Rib, Sawyer, Shoulder, Tree, Tree Felling, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1391342.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Forestry and conservation scientists

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