Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144576.015 - Employee is killed when neck is broken by falling logs

Accident Summary Nr: 144576.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 11/05/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1501357.015	11/06/2020		113310	Complete Forest Management

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on November 5, 2020, an employee was cutting the end of a log at the bottom of a small log deck below a road. After he made the cut, the logs shifted and struck the employee from behind. The employee incurred a broken neck and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Broken, Broken Bone, Cutting, Falling Object, Fracture, Insufficient Supervision, Load Shift, Logger, Logging, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Struck By, Supervision, Tree, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1501357.015	57	M	Fatality		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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