Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133876.015 - Employee sustains multiple fractures when struck by upended

Accident Summary Nr: 133876.015 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 03/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1518348.015	03/08/2021	2411	113310	317728462 - Rick Mckay Corporation

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on March 4, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a logging company was pulling rigging and setting chokers. The employee was not positioned sufficiently out of the way when the go-ahead whistle was blown. As a result, the employee was struck by an upended log being yarded towards the landing when the log hung up on a stump and swung horizontally. The employee sustained multiple fractures including a broken arm and shoulder, injured rotator cuff, punctured lungs and a broken skull. The employee was transported via life flight to the hospital, where he was admitted.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Choker, Construction, Fracture, Head, Laborer, Log, Logging, Lung, Miscommunication, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rigging, Rotator Cuff, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Skull, Struck By, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1518348.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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