Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 140006.015 - Employee is killed after log slid and struck him in head
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1557057.015 | 10/06/2021 | 2411 | 113310 | 317729345 - Hopkes Logging Co |
Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on October 5, 2021, an employee was performing tree thinning within a tower shotgun corridor. After yarding a turn of logs from the lay to the corridor, the turn was slacked to the ground to shorten a long end on a log before sending the turn to a landing. While in the process of shortening the choker on the log, a log slid and struck the employee dragging him along the ground. The employee incurred head and body trauma and was transported via ambulance to a hospital when he died along the way.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 1557057.015 | 33 | M | Fatality | Timber cutting and logging occupations | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: |