Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137359.015 - Employee is killed when struck by log

Accident Summary Nr: 137359.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 07/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1543090.015	07/21/2021		113310	Tom Mahon Logging, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on July 20, 2021, an employee, near the end of a 9-hour shift, was setting a choker on a large white fir to be yarded up the corridor. Temperatures were at or near 100 degrees Fahrenheit and the employees were likely fatigued. The employee and a coworker began to move two trees with the motorized carriage up the skyline. They were standing approximately 15 to 20 feet from the skyline and logs to be skidded when the larger of the trees struck its stump causing it to swing out and strike the employee in the chest. The employee died from his injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Fatigue, Heat index, Logger, Logging, Struck By, Tree Skidding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1543090.015	30	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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