Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140006.015 - Employee is killed after log slid and struck him in head

Accident Summary Nr: 140006.015 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 10/05/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
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.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Cutting, Dragged, Head, Logger, Logging, Lumber, Rigging, Slid, Struck By, Torso, Tower, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Section, Tree Skidding, Yarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
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:

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